Scheduled task problem

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Hi, I am using HP Paavilion, 1.5 mhz, 512 RAM, XP Home. I have never set a
scheduled task, never opened the program, but I recently started getting a
sound bite, like applause and cheering, that came in a joke forward. I put
the e-mail in the trash, but now every time I open Outlook Express, that
noise plays. I wondered if it was a joke virus that had been put in
scheduled tasks somehow, so I opened the program and found that I had
literally hundreds of scheduled tasks that I don't know anything about. I
don't know how to find out what programs they belong to, or what they do,
and I am afraid to clear them out because I might mess something up. Can
anyone tell me how to find where these came from and what they do? Some of
them go for two or three minutes, some of them for a day and a half or so,
the log shows the dates started and ended, but no information about what
they do? Can anyone help? Anybody else have any unwanted raucous sound
effects they don't want? Thanks for any help.
 
You'll need to check the properties of them to see what gets executed and
when. Also sounds like Control Panel|Sounds was altered.

Look for something suspicious running here; Start\Settings\Control
Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer Management(Local)\System
Information\Software Environment\Startup Programs|View|Advanced, then in the
"Location" column, you'll find the path to the "Startup" location either in
the "Startup" directories or from the registry's "Run" keys. (note that this
windows is read-only so you must manually navigate to the location below to
edit or otherwise delete)

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.

or copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows" directory


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Hi, I am using HP Paavilion, 1.5 mhz, 512 RAM, XP Home. I have never set
a
| scheduled task, never opened the program, but I recently started getting a
| sound bite, like applause and cheering, that came in a joke forward. I
put
| the e-mail in the trash, but now every time I open Outlook Express, that
| noise plays. I wondered if it was a joke virus that had been put in
| scheduled tasks somehow, so I opened the program and found that I had
| literally hundreds of scheduled tasks that I don't know anything about. I
| don't know how to find out what programs they belong to, or what they do,
| and I am afraid to clear them out because I might mess something up. Can
| anyone tell me how to find where these came from and what they do? Some of
| them go for two or three minutes, some of them for a day and a half or so,
| the log shows the dates started and ended, but no information about what
| they do? Can anyone help? Anybody else have any unwanted raucous sound
| effects they don't want? Thanks for any help.
|
|
 
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