System Configuration Utility

[Steve]

My laptop has developed a problem where the System Configuration Utility
dialog box appears at every boot. I'm running XP Home edition. This occurs
even though I've selected "Normal" startup. Also, I can check the box to not
show this dialog box again, yet it continues to appear. After appearing, it
will tell me that I must reboot for the changes to become effective.

I've run spyware detectors and antivirus scanners but have come up with
nothing. I downloaded a program Startup Monitor to see if it would identify
anything. The message that I get upon boot with it is: "The program MSConfig
has registered the executable
C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe/auto to run at system
startup"

Any thoughts about what might be going on?

Thanks for your help.

 

[DL]

Well untick that entry or delete it

 

[Steve]

That entry doesn't exist.

Well untick that entry or delete it

 

[DL]

Then PCHealth check has added the entry in one of the other register
startups

 

[Script]

Use Autoruns to find exactly where it starts from.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

[The download link is on the top right of the page.]