Explorer pops up new the end of the boot routine.

[***** charles]

Hi all,

Near the end of the boot routine in W2K, an explorer
window pops up and lists the contents of the administrator
directory. There are no entries in the RUN keys in the
registry and there are no commands in autoexec.bat or
config.sys files that would do this and there are no entries
in the StartUp directories and there are no entries in the
win.ini and control.ini files that would do this so what am
I missing? MSCONFIG does not work. Where else
should I look?

thanks,
charles.....

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help you.

System32 Folder Opens When Logging into Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q170086

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi all,
|
| Near the end of the boot routine in W2K, an explorer
| window pops up and lists the contents of the administrator
| directory. There are no entries in the RUN keys in the
| registry and there are no commands in autoexec.bat or
| config.sys files that would do this and there are no entries
| in the StartUp directories and there are no entries in the
| win.ini and control.ini files that would do this so what am
| I missing? MSCONFIG does not work. Where else
| should I look?
|
| thanks,
| charles.....
|
|

 

[***** charles]

I already cleaned out the registry but I did go back and look at
the article. No help. The computer was a W98 Millenium and
the Windows 2000 Pro was an upgrade. I wish I could reload
from scratch but that isn't an option at this point.

thanks....

 

[Dave Patrick]

That might be a good plan. There is no supported upgrade path from WinME to
Windows 2000. What happens if you logon as a new user? (create a new account
in 'User and Passwords'). Try a Safe Mode boot. Also try a clean boot.
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
Clean boot = no non-microsoft services at startup, no third party apps at
startup.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I already cleaned out the registry but I did go back and look at
| the article. No help. The computer was a W98 Millenium and
| the Windows 2000 Pro was an upgrade. I wish I could reload
| from scratch but that isn't an option at this point.
|
| thanks....

 

[***** charles]

This is another machine from my own which happens to be a Windows
2000 Pro machine. My machine is stable and predictable and this
machine is a little squirly at times. I can't always predict what it will
do.

later....

 

[Dave Patrick]

Ok, whatever that means but here's some info on a clean install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| This is another machine from my own which happens to be a Windows
| 2000 Pro machine. My machine is stable and predictable and this
| machine is a little squirly at times. I can't always predict what it will
| do.
|
| later....

 

[***** charles]

Ok, whatever that means but here's some info on a clean install.

The machine we were discussing was a friends and it had an illegal
copy of W2K on it. That's why I couldn't just wipe and reinstall.
My stuff is all legal. She didn't have the money to just go out and
buy an oem copy to make her install legal.

charles.....