error message at startup

[Rob]

Hi,

When my PC finally finishes loading up Windows 2000 an
error message appears, which says:

Cannot import C:\winnt\sys.reg Error opening file.

Apparantly its a registry editor error. It also doesn't
really seem to effect anything, but its just annoying to
get the message.
Any ideas what to do about it?

Thankyou.

Rob

 

[Dave Patrick]

Possibly a corrupt install of some spyware/ junkware/ trojan and or remnants
of said.

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.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Hi,
|
| When my PC finally finishes loading up Windows 2000 an
| error message appears, which says:
|
| Cannot import C:\winnt\sys.reg Error opening file.
|
| Apparantly its a registry editor error. It also doesn't
| really seem to effect anything, but its just annoying to
| get the message.
| Any ideas what to do about it?
|
| Thankyou.
|
| Rob

 

[Dave Patrick]

Possibly a corrupt install of some spyware/ junkware/ trojan and or remnants
of said.

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.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Hi,
|
| When my PC finally finishes loading up Windows 2000 an
| error message appears, which says:
|
| Cannot import C:\winnt\sys.reg Error opening file.
|
| Apparantly its a registry editor error. It also doesn't
| really seem to effect anything, but its just annoying to
| get the message.
| Any ideas what to do about it?
|
| Thankyou.
|
| Rob