....but I have a specific reason for wanting to disable automatic running of
chkdsk (it sometimes runs after improper reboot, etc...) I understand that
this shouldn't be done on most systems used by average users. I am not sure
whether this is the case with both Windows 2000 and Windows XP registry
values but the following information >> only temporarily << disabled
automatic running of chkdsk on my system due to dirty bit being detected:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963


I can do this if I go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CURRENTCONTROLSET \ CONTROL \ Session Manager
\

and change the value of BootExecute to
autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*


However the value changes "itself" after a while to
autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*
autocheck autochk *

(the autocheck autochk * is added which causes chkdsk to run after a dirty
bit is detected...)


1. Is there away to set the BootExecute value to read-only?

2. What should the contents of a .reg file be that ONLY set the BootExecute
value found under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CURRENTCONTROLSET \ CONTROL \ Session Manager
\
to
autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*

This article may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q218461/

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"c627627" wrote:
| ...but I have a specific reason for wanting to disable automatic running
of
| chkdsk (it sometimes runs after improper reboot, etc...) I understand that
| this shouldn't be done on most systems used by average users. I am not
sure
| whether this is the case with both Windows 2000 and Windows XP registry
| values but the following information >> only temporarily << disabled
| automatic running of chkdsk on my system due to dirty bit being detected:
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963
|
|
| I can do this if I go to
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CURRENTCONTROLSET \ CONTROL \ Session
Manager
| \
|
| and change the value of BootExecute to
| autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*
|
|
| However the value changes "itself" after a while to
| autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*
| autocheck autochk *
|
| (the autocheck autochk * is added which causes chkdsk to run after a dirty
| bit is detected...)
|
|
| 1. Is there away to set the BootExecute value to read-only?
|
| 2. What should the contents of a .reg file be that ONLY set the
BootExecute
| value found under
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CURRENTCONTROLSET \ CONTROL \ Session
Manager
| \
| to
| autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*
|
|

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry c627627 wrote:

> ...but I have a specific reason for wanting to disable automatic
> running of chkdsk (it sometimes runs after improper reboot,
> etc...) I understand that this shouldn't be done on most systems
> used by average users. I am not sure whether this is the case
> with both Windows 2000 and Windows XP registry values but the
> following information >> only temporarily << disabled automatic
> running of chkdsk on my system due to dirty bit being detected:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963

Can't you just use CHKNTFS.EXE /? (W2K) "/x" switch and arguments
Possibly this is an FSUTIL.EXE function in XP (?)

Sorry, I don't have time to confirm that right now.

>
> I can do this if I go to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CURRENTCONTROLSET \ CONTROL \
> Session Manager \
>
> and change the value of BootExecute to
> autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*
>
>
> However the value changes "itself" after a while to
> autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*
> autocheck autochk *
>
> (the autocheck autochk * is added which causes chkdsk to run
> after a dirty bit is detected...)
>
>
> 1. Is there away to set the BootExecute value to read-only?
>
> 2. What should the contents of a .reg file be that ONLY set the
> BootExecute value found under
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CURRENTCONTROLSET \ CONTROL \
> Session Manager \
> to
> autocheck autochk /k:cdefghijklmnopqstuwxyz*
>
>
>