Boot.ini Switches

My Computer Performance has been in the toilet, I have run 10 different
virus scanners and 10 different Spyware scanners and they only found Cookies.
I deleted them all. I removed all items from my startup and disabled
unnecessary services. I have a Toshiba a45-2501 running a Mobile P4 2.8 Ghz.


then i noticed this in my boot.ini file.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /forceresetreg /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn


I could not find any resources explaining /forceresetreg but I know I need
/fastdetect. However I am confused about this /noexecute How do I know if
this should be enabled? this sounds like something that could cause a
problem if configured wrong

The /forceresetreg switch looks suspect to me. If it were me, I would
remove the /forceresetreg switch.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

/NOEXECUTE
[[This option is only available on 32-bit versions of Windows when running
on processors supporting no-execute protection. It enables no-execute
protection (also known as Data Execution Protection - DEP), which results in
the Memory Manager marking pages containing data as no-execute so that they
cannot be executed as code. This can be useful for preventing malicious code
from exploiting buffer overflow bugs with unexpected program input in order
to execute arbitrary code. No-execute protection is always enabled on 64-bit
versions of Windows on processors that support no-execute protection. There
are several options you can specify with this switch:
/NOEXECUTE=OPTIN Enables DEP for core system images and those specified in
the DEP configuration dialog.
/NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT Enables DEP for all images except those specified in the
DEP configuration dialog.
/NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSON Enables DEP on all images.
/NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF Disables DEP. ]]
Sysinternals Freeware - BOOT.INI Reference
http://www.sysinternals.com/Information/bootini.html

A detailed description of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature in
Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, and Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352

What's the new /NoExecute switch that's added to the boot.ini file after you
update a machine to Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP
SP2?
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article...6302/46302.html

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:C1807698-2419-4A68-82A4-70923640B43E@microsoft.com,
Cade <Cade@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> My Computer Performance has been in the toilet, I have run 10 different
> virus scanners and 10 different Spyware scanners and they only found
> Cookies. I deleted them all. I removed all items from my startup and
> disabled unnecessary services. I have a Toshiba a45-2501 running a
> Mobile P4 2.8 Ghz.
>
>
> then i noticed this in my boot.ini file.
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /forceresetreg /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
>
> I could not find any resources explaining /forceresetreg but I know I
> need /fastdetect. However I am confused about this /noexecute How do I
> know if this should be enabled? this sounds like something that could
> cause a problem if configured wrong

Well for what it's worth it does not appear here:
Available switch options for the Windows XP and the Windows Server 2003
Boot.ini files
http://snipurl.com/k9yg

I found a link to a HijackThis log where it appears but no indication as
to what it means or that the boot.ini files should be changed:
http://snipurl.com/k9ym
I picked it out of this list:
http://snipurl.com/k9ys

Have you tried a HijackThis log? I suggest you send the log to a
specialist forum for expert analysis e.g.
HijackThis forum here:
http://aumha.net/

You will need to register to post.

Can you post the subject header you use as I would be interested in
seeing what they recommend.

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"Cade" <Cade@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C1807698-2419-4A68-82A4-70923640B43E@microsoft.com...
> My Computer Performance has been in the toilet, I have run 10
> different
> virus scanners and 10 different Spyware scanners and they only found
> Cookies.
> I deleted them all. I removed all items from my startup and disabled
> unnecessary services. I have a Toshiba a45-2501 running a Mobile P4
> 2.8 Ghz.
>
>
> then i noticed this in my boot.ini file.
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /forceresetreg /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
>
> I could not find any resources explaining /forceresetreg but I know I
> need
> /fastdetect. However I am confused about this /noexecute How do I
> know if
> this should be enabled? this sounds like something that could cause a
> problem if configured wrong

Cade wrote:
> My Computer Performance has been in the toilet, I have run 10
> different virus scanners and 10 different Spyware scanners and they
> only found Cookies. I deleted them all. I removed all items from
> my startup and disabled unnecessary services. I have a Toshiba
> a45-2501 running a Mobile P4 2.8 Ghz.
>
>
> then i noticed this in my boot.ini file.
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /forceresetreg /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
>
> I could not find any resources explaining /forceresetreg but I know
> I need /fastdetect. However I am confused about this /noexecute
> How do I know if this should be enabled? this sounds like
> something that could cause a problem if configured wrong

forceresetreg= Force Reset Registry

Do a search on your PC for *.reg and see what comes up.

It is possible the OEM of the system has something installed to force a
reset of the registry at boot. You could also recreate the boot.ini file
removing the force reset reg entry and rename the original one to boot.old
then reboot and see if the system starts up ok.

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Any details on that? Reset what specifically?

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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:
<snip>
| forceresetreg= Force Reset Registry
<snip>
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Shenan Stanley wrote:
> <snip>
> forceresetreg= Force Reset Registry
> <snip>

Dave Patrick wrote:
> Any details on that? Reset what specifically?

Depends on what *.reg files the op might find.

In any case, one example would be related to this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822624
and this:
http://209.167.114.38/support/TechS.../-TSB001194.htm

And everyone who mentions seeing this setting I could find had a Toshiba..
Weird. hah

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