Randomly deleting files...

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Does anyone know why Windows XP will occasionally randomly deleting files on
its own? I have a remote user who has Windows XP Home edition. He told me
occasionally, the Deleting File... window will pop up and start removing
files.

These are things I asked him to check for:

- In IE, make sure the uncheck "Remove temporary files when closing IE"
- Uncheck Cleanup Wizard from Display
- Remove any schedule task using cleanup.exe in the command line

I could not think of anything else, and I looked in MS KB and found nothing
about this issue. If anyone have any insight on this issue, please do share
you knowledge.

Thanks.

Alex L

 

[Lem]

Does anyone know why Windows XP will occasionally randomly deleting files on
its own? I have a remote user who has Windows XP Home edition. He told me
occasionally, the Deleting File... window will pop up and start removing
files.

These are things I asked him to check for:

- In IE, make sure the uncheck "Remove temporary files when closing IE"
- Uncheck Cleanup Wizard from Display
- Remove any schedule task using cleanup.exe in the command line

I could not think of anything else, and I looked in MS KB and found nothing
about this issue. If anyone have any insight on this issue, please do share
you knowledge.

Thanks.

Alex L

XP shouldn't be randomly deleting files. Sounds more like some malware
infestation..
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