Startup Problems

[Ted Gervais]

When I reboot XP home or turn the machine on in the morning it comes up fine
but brings up a screen showing a directory of a recently installed
'Microsoft Flight Simulator'.

Why is it doing that? And how do I get it to NOT come up.

I tried looking in the various startup directories and can't see anything
about that. So don't know where to turn now?

 

[Alan Edwards]

Disable it in Msconfig.
(Start-Run-MSCONFIG-Startup tab)
If you cannot see anything in Msconfig then:

Start-Run-msinfo32
Click the + beside Software Environment to expand.
Click Startup Programs
Ctrl+A to Select All, Ctrl+C to Copy.
Paste that information in your message.

....Alan

 

[Ted Gervais]

Hi Alan.

Thanks for the direction on getting this startup problem solved.

Here is what 'msinfo32' shows:

Adobe Reader Speed Launch d:\progra~1\adobe\acroba~1.0\reader\reader~1.exe
All Users Common Startup
Dimension4 d:\program files\d4\d4.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HistoryKill c:\program files\historykill\histkill.exe /startup All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HotFax Tray c:\progra~1\hotfax\tray.exe MACH3\Ted Gervais Startup
MCAgentExe c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MCUpdateExe c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcupdate.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Mozilla Quick Launch "c:\program files\netscape\netscape\netscp.exe" -turbo
MACH3\Ted Gervais
HKU\S-1-5-21-790525478-1708537768-1957994488-1004\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NvCplDaemon rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\nvcpl.dll,nvstartup All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NvMediaCenter rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\nvmctray.dll,nvtaskbarinit
MACH3\Ted Gervais
HKU\S-1-5-21-790525478-1708537768-1957994488-1004\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
OASClnt c:\program files\mcafee.com\vso\oasclnt.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
QuickTime Task "d:\progra~1\quickt~1\qttask.exe" -atboottime All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
RAM Idle c:\program files\customizer xp\ramidle.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Registry Cleaner "c:\program files\tpt registry_cleaner
(trial)\regclean.exe" MACH3\Ted Gervais
HKU\S-1-5-21-790525478-1708537768-1957994488-1004\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Reminder c:\program files\microsoft money\system\reminder.exe MACH3\Ted
Gervais
HKU\S-1-5-21-790525478-1708537768-1957994488-1004\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SMSI Loader c:\program files\common files\smith micro
shared\fax\smloader.exe /prndrv All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Share-to-Web Namespace Daemon c:\program files\hewlett-packard\hp
share-to-web\hpgs2wnd.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SunJavaUpdateSched c:\program files\java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\jusched.exe All
Users HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
TigerHuntGold.exe d:\ftp\pub\tigerh~1.exe /r MACH3\Ted Gervais
HKU\S-1-5-21-790525478-1708537768-1957994488-1004\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
TkBellExe "c:\program files\common
iles\real\update_ob\realsched.exe" -osboot All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
VSOCheckTask "c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcmnhdlr.exe" /checktask All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
VirusScan Online c:\program files\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Washer c:\program files\washer\washer.exe /0 MACH3\Ted Gervais
HKU\S-1-5-21-790525478-1708537768-1957994488-1004\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
WinampAgent d:\program files\winamp\winampa.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Yahoo! Pager c:\program files\yahoo!\messenger\ypager.exe -quiet MACH3\Ted
Gervais
HKU\S-1-5-21-790525478-1708537768-1957994488-1004\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
desktop desktop.ini NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup
desktop desktop.ini MACH3\Ted Gervais Startup
desktop desktop.ini .DEFAULT Startup
desktop desktop.ini All Users Common Startup
gcasServ "c:\program files\microsoft antispyware\gcasserv.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
mcagent mcagent.exe MACH3\Ted Gervais Startup
nwiz nwiz.exe /install All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run


What comes up is a Microsoft Folder, with the 'games' folder showing in the
window. Nothing else.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Hi Ted

I don't see anything obvious in your Startup.
If nobody else can pick something there, then disable some of those
items selectively until you find the cause.

....Alan

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ted,

Try this:

Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, uncheck the line "restore previous
folder windows at logon". Click apply/ok, do not reboot yet.

Start/run msconfig, on the general tab select the diagnostic mode. Click
apply/ok and reboot when prompted.

The folder should not show up now. Rerun msconfig, put the system back in
normal mode. Click apply/ok and reboot once more. Does this help?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org