I am getting a message that dxdllreg has closed and must
be restarted each time I reboot my computer. Does anyone
know why? I cancel this message and everything seems to
run fine.

Spyware gone bad. Natively you can; Start\Settings\Control
Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer Management(Local)\System
Information\Software Environment\Startup Programs|View|Advanced, then in the
"Location" column, you'll find the path to the "Startup" location either in
the "Startup" directories or from the registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.

or copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows" directory


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"kevin" wrote:
|I am getting a message that dxdllreg has closed and must
| be restarted each time I reboot my computer. Does anyone
| know why? I cancel this message and everything seems to
| run fine.

dxdllreg is part of the DirectX installer (it registers dlls, hence the
name). It could mean that the installation failed for some reason and the
final step is unable to complete.

You can run DXDIAG (start-->run-->dxdiag<enter>), which will verify the
install.


Pat

"kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3abd01c48f93$73df6040$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am getting a message that dxdllreg has closed and must
> be restarted each time I reboot my computer. Does anyone
> know why? I cancel this message and everything seems to
> run fine.