WinxDiagUpdate problem

[Guest]

Good day,

Vista has been working OK. But now when I boot Vista Home Premium I get a
"Open With" popup saying "Choose the program you want to open this file:
File: WinxDiagUpdate" and a list of programs to open it with - none of which
I'm sure are suitable - like Notepad, IE, Word, Acrobat et ctera.

Any fixes out there? Nothing available via the Google God - I checked.

 

[dean-dean]

If you go to Start Menu\Programs\Administrative
Tools and run the System Configuration Utility. On the Startup tab of
System Configuration Utility, is there
any reference to that file (look under the Command column)? Can you
determine what program it belongs to? Can you determine the file extension
for WinxDiagUpdate?

 

[Guest]

Hello dean-dean

Yes, the file is showing in the Startup (Start > Run > msconfig > Startup)
I also found it via regedit >
HKLM>Software>microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Run

It does not lend itself to what it is, but I found it in System32 folder.
'Properties' says it's Manufacturer is "unknown", has no extension (they are
turned on BTW), it is 1,474,650 bytes with 1,478,656 on the drive) created on
November-02-06 (2002 or 2006?) @ 1:47:18 AM, modified on November-02-06 @
2:45:07 AM and Accessed on November-02-06 @3:39:13 AM, is a Read Only file,
with no Copyright information. Via msconfig > Startup, the command is,
WinxDiagUpdate. No exe, com, no extension and unlike all the others listed
therein, it does not give a path.

But, I did find it in the System32 folder and Properties describes it as a
"System file"

I run AVG anti-virus, pretty reliable so far, and have the Vista black-ops
Windows Defender running, with Firewall open, and a firewall via router.

I disabled the blinking thing via MSconfig, and checked via Ctrl-Alt-Del >
TaskManager that it is not in Applications or Processes running. I have a
Win98 with only 512 meg ram on a 500Mhz that runs faster than Vista. I'm
checking that out, but with WinxDiagUpdate disabled, and even M$ doesn't have
it listed anywhere, makes one wonder what it might have already done.

S