Beginning last week I get a message "Cannot find file in C\Program\...."
during the boot just after the Welcome splash screen. I can click OK, then
everything seems to work OK. Because there is no folder "C:\Program\", I
suspect a virus or some outside cause.

Has anyone heard of this as something that could be dealt with?

Thanks
JO

1st action i would take, would be to run msconfig (Start|Run| then type
it in... press OK), and see if there's anything on the last 2 tabs that
seems to be the culprit... may take some detective work (google helps me
a lot), but I'd bet that you'd find it there..

-matson

ps: msconfig has to be run with admin privileges...



JO wrote:
> Beginning last week I get a message "Cannot find file in C\Program\...."
> during the boot just after the Welcome splash screen. I can click OK, then
> everything seems to work OK. Because there is no folder "C:\Program\", I
> suspect a virus or some outside cause.
>
> Has anyone heard of this as something that could be dealt with?
>
> Thanks
> JO

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Try C:\Program Files

You have something that wants to start at boot that has been removed or is
screwed up.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:CB1651E0-435D-4FD8-A9BA-(E-Mail Removed),
JO <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Beginning last week I get a message "Cannot find file in
> C\Program\...." during the boot just after the Welcome splash screen.
> I can click OK, then everything seems to work OK. Because there is no
> folder "C:\Program\", I suspect a virus or some outside cause.
>
> Has anyone heard of this as something that could be dealt with?
>
> Thanks
> JO

Hi Wes

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Try C:\Program Files

You have something that wants to start at boot that has been removed or is
screwed up.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:CB1651E0-435D-4FD8-A9BA-(E-Mail Removed),
JO <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Beginning last week I get a message "Cannot find file in
> C\Program\...." during the boot just after the Welcome splash screen.
> I can click OK, then everything seems to work OK. Because there is no
> folder "C:\Program\", I suspect a virus or some outside cause.
>
> Has anyone heard of this as something that could be dealt with?
>
> Thanks
> JO

Hi Ramesh,

Did the tsunamis cause you any problems?

I hope not.

I wondered about you when I first heard the news.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Ramesh [MVP] <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> hunted and pecked:
> Hi Wes
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try C:\Program Files
>
> You have something that wants to start at boot that has been removed
> or is
> screwed up.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:CB1651E0-435D-4FD8-A9BA-(E-Mail Removed),
> JO <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> Beginning last week I get a message "Cannot find file in
>> C\Program\...." during the boot just after the Welcome splash screen.
>> I can click OK, then everything seems to work OK. Because there is no
>> folder "C:\Program\", I suspect a virus or some outside cause.
>>
>> Has anyone heard of this as something that could be dealt with?
>>
>> Thanks
>> JO

Hi Wes,

Thanks! I'm fine here as I live in sub-urb Chennai, 15-20 Kms (road-route) away from the Tsunami hit Marina Beach.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Hi Ramesh,

Did the tsunamis cause you any problems?

I hope not.

I wondered about you when I first heard the news.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Ramesh [MVP] <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> hunted and pecked:
> Hi Wes
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try C:\Program Files
>
> You have something that wants to start at boot that has been removed
> or is
> screwed up.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>

Glad to hear it, Ramesh! :-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Ramesh [MVP] <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> hunted and pecked:
> Hi Wes,
>
> Thanks! I'm fine here as I live in sub-urb Chennai, 15-20 Kms
> (road-route) away from the Tsunami hit Marina Beach.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Ramesh,
>
> Did the tsunamis cause you any problems?
>
> I hope not.
>
> I wondered about you when I first heard the news.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Ramesh [MVP] <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> hunted and pecked:
>> Hi Wes
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Try C:\Program Files
>>
>> You have something that wants to start at boot that has been removed
>> or is
>> screwed up.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes