Auto Play

[Mike]

I continue to get a window which opens and says Auto
Play. A small flash ligth moves from left to right and
then it turns off. While it is searching everything
freezes for a while. Can someone tell me how to remove
this annoying problem.

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I continue to get a window which opens and says Auto
Play. A small flash ligth moves from left to right and
then it turns off. While it is searching everything
freezes for a while. Can someone tell me how to remove
this annoying problem.

This may come from an application runing in the background, therefore
check your startup settings. Applications that start with Windows can
be found here:
- the WIN.INI, section [windows], entries "run=" and "load="
- the Registry keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
- the folders
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{username}\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
See also "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows
XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560) and "How to Perform a
Clean Boot in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353).