Mysterious Install window at boot

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Elliott Alterman

In the last couple of weeks I have noticed a small window appear during the
initial surge of windows for items at startup. It appears for less than 1
second, looks like it says "Preparing to Install" and then goes away. I have
not noticed any overt symptom but I am wondering if this is some form of
spyware/adware or another item I really don't want. My antivirus is up to
date (and the machine has been scanned continually) and I run Adaware and
Spybot.

So, I'm looking for suggestions as to how to identify this fleeting window
and then, if appropriate, to somehow delete it.

Any suggestions?

TIA

Elliott Alterman
 
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

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| In the last couple of weeks I have noticed a small window appear during the
| initial surge of windows for items at startup. It appears for less than 1
| second, looks like it says "Preparing to Install" and then goes away. I have
| not noticed any overt symptom but I am wondering if this is some form of
| spyware/adware or another item I really don't want. My antivirus is up to
| date (and the machine has been scanned continually) and I run Adaware and
| Spybot.
|
| So, I'm looking for suggestions as to how to identify this fleeting window
| and then, if appropriate, to somehow delete it.
|
| Any suggestions?
|
| TIA
|
| Elliott Alterman
 
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