ntuser keeps loading on startup

[Rockitman]

I ran msconfig and looking at the Startup tab I see
multiple entries for ntuser. There is ntuser.dat,
ntuser.dat.log, ntuser.ini, ntuser.sav and
plugin131_04.trace, all of these are located in Common
Startup.

I have unchecked these items but everytime I reboot they
are checked again. Why can't I get rid of these things
and are they necessary to run? I don't recall seeing them
in other XP installations.

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Run the cleaners mentioned here, each of them:
Cleaning Up XP: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cleanup

 

[Alex Nichol]

I ran msconfig and looking at the Startup tab I see
multiple entries for ntuser. There is ntuser.dat,
ntuser.dat.log, ntuser.ini, ntuser.sav and
plugin131_04.trace, all of these are located in Common
Startup.

Those are the files for the user's section of the registry, and should
be in
C:\documents and settings\username\
Check by a right click on the Start button, take Open all users and in
that open Programs then Startup. That is the common startup, and these
files should not be in it. If that is so, I think the pointer in
registry that points to Startup has got damaged so it is pointing to
that other place.
You can adjust the users section of the Startup folder by using TweakUI
- one of the XP Powertoys from (if you have installed XP SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

Its My Computer = Special folders allows you to select Startup and
point it at
C:\documents and settings\username\StartMenu\Programs\Startup

But if the AllUsers one has been damaged, that needs a registry edit:
Make the following, after - - start and before - - end into a file by
cut/paste to NotePad. Don't let lines wrap around - [HKEY through
Folders] is one line; "Common Start Menu" and "Common Startup" each
start a new line that continues to the \, with a further line - 5c,53,
etc following, and again 72,74,\ is the end of a line.

Make sure there is a blank line at the end. Save as "Patch.reg" then
right-click on this file and take Merge to enter it into the registry.

- - start
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]
"Common Start
Menu"=hex(2):25,41,4c,4c,55,53,45,52,53,50,52,4f,46,49,4c,45,25,\
5c,53,74,61,72,74,20,4d,65,6e,75,00
"Common
Startup"=hex(2):25,41,4c,4c,55,53,45,52,53,50,52,4f,46,49,4c,45,25,5c,\

53,74,61,72,74,20,4d,65,6e,75,5c,50,72,6f,67,72,61,6d,73,5c,53,74,61,72,74,\
75,70,00


- - end