Error message on boot up!!! HEELLP!

[Chris SLade]

C:\windows\system32\tools\lostrun.exe

This error message has recently started to appear when I
log onto Windows xp home. It prompts me that maybe I
typed the file name wrong and to try again(!!??) I press
ok and carry on with using the computer(with no effects I
can see). WHat is it? How can I stop it popping up every
time I log on? Who invented liquid soap and why?

Cheers!!
Chris Slade

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Chris

Start>Run - then type in "msconfig" - without the quotes. Click on the Startup tab - if there is any reference to 'lostrun.exe' in there, uncheck it and then reboot your PC. Does the same message still appear?

Will

 

[Chris Slade]

No there is a C:\windows\system32\ctfmon.exe and a common
start up but no lost run!!

Chris

-----Original Message-----
Hi Chris

Start>Run - then type in "msconfig" - without the

quotes. Click on the Startup tab - if there is any
reference to 'lostrun.exe' in there, uncheck it and then
reboot your PC. Does the same message still appear?

 

[Will Denny]

You might find some help with that file from here:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=lostrun.exe

"OFFXP: What Is CTFMON and What Does It Do?"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282599

Will