Installer always starts at startup

[Ray Mitchell]

Hello,

Every time I start up my WinXP system, just after I enter my user password,
the system trys to install two things. It doesn't tell me what it's trying
to install or ask for any information. Just the typical installation form
pops up twice, disappears, then the system boots normally. How can I find
out what is happening. When I look at the lost of "Run Once" startup
applications it is empty.

Thanks,
Ray

 

[BillW50]

In Ray Mitchell typed on Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:20:01 -0700:

Hello,

Every time I start up my WinXP system, just after I enter my user
password, the system trys to install two things. It doesn't tell me
what it's trying to install or ask for any information. Just the
typical installation form pops up twice, disappears, then the system
boots normally. How can I find out what is happening. When I look
at the lost of "Run Once" startup applications it is empty.

Thanks,
Ray

I have seen the Windows Installer window after I ran Ubuntu Live on a
flash drive which had XP on the internal drive. Although I wouldn't get
the taskbar and it wouldn't go away. What made mine go away was renaming
iband.dll (free from US Robotics) to something else. This is a bandwidth
utility that sits in the taskbar. Reinstalling iband didn't fix it. So I
restored back to an earlier backup before Ubuntu screwed it up. Probably
not the same problem as yours, but it might give you some ideas anyway.

 

[Ray Mitchell]

In Ray Mitchell typed on Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:20:01 -0700:

I have seen the Windows Installer window after I ran Ubuntu Live on a
flash drive which had XP on the internal drive. Although I wouldn't get
the taskbar and it wouldn't go away. What made mine go away was renaming
iband.dll (free from US Robotics) to something else. This is a bandwidth
utility that sits in the taskbar. Reinstalling iband didn't fix it. So I
restored back to an earlier backup before Ubuntu screwed it up. Probably
not the same problem as yours, but it might give you some ideas anyway.

Bill,

Actually I did install Ubuntu in a VMware virtual machine some time ago. I
don't know if that counts but it's something to consider.

Thanks,
Ray