Error Cannot find file

[Ric]

I am getting the following error message at logon. I am
using W2kPro desktop on a Win SBS2K Domain.

"Cannot find file C:\WINNT\TEMP\pcalu.exe (or one of its
components).

The most I can find (Google search for pcalu.)is something
referring to Gnome Ghost. I have never used any ghost or
clone programs on this machine. MS Knowledge base has no
reference to this error or file name. Any ideas at all
will be appreciated greatly. I haven't searched the
registry for the reference to this file yet but am
planning on it when I get back to that machine.
Thanks for the help
Ric

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Seeing that the file resided in a temp folder, it is certainly
NOT a Win2000 file. Download the tools available freely
from one of the links below, then use them to identify just
what exactly is trying to invoke this task, and kill it.

AutoRuns from http://www.sysinternals.com
StartupCPL: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

 

[Heiko Herrmann]

pcalu.exe means "pcAnywhere LiveUpdate Module" and belongs to Symantec
pcAnywhere. It does post-reboot things after an installation or update of
the product.

Unfortunately on pre-boot it saves it in the current users temp directory or
(which seems to be your case) in the Windows Temp directory. When you have
server-based profiles and have "Delete local profiles on logout" active, or
have somekind of utility or batch which erases the Windows Temp directory,
this EXE is getting erased, so after reboot the EXE does not exist anymore,
thus giving you the error message.


Hope that helps...