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Full message I am recieving at startup:

this program requires a security key. if you have one, select ok to enter
it. after entering a valid key, you will not be prompted again.

I get 2 boxes with this message in it. That is all. I don't know what
program it is or what to do. I checked msconfig's boot sequence of programs,
but everything has been registered and just to be sure, I reregistered.
Everything is a fresh WinXP Home install with ALL updates installed. I even
tried using the program Startup Inspector to get more details on what the
situation could be. Nothing. I am stumpted. I can't do much without knowing
what the name of the program I am suppost to be registering is called!

I found out something else that might help: when I max out my windows in the
taskbar (still having those 2 annoying windows up!), they get that look where
it stacks both of them in the same listing in the taskbar. The name of the
listing is "svchost". I am not familiar with editing the registry, but I
believe that it is coming from that.

Checked the task manager, like I said above, it was showing up as svchost
with the multiple windows on the taskbar, and thusly, there are about 7
svchost.exe listings in the task manager from CTRL ALT DEL. Any suggestions
to fix/disable these messages? I have always used the same programs all the
time and nothing like this has ever happened.

Just though I should mention my system:

Intel E6700 Quad Core @ 3ghz
ASUS Stryker Extreme mobo
1GB GSkill RAM DDR800
eVGA GeForce 8800GTS @ 640MB
XION 600W PSU
1.12TB of HDD space over 4 drives

Lots more stuff, but those are the basics.

Can anyone help me determine what program this is or how to disable these
annoying messages from coming up again? Thanks in advance!
 
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NITRO said:
Full message I am recieving at startup:

this program requires a security key. if you have one, select
ok to
enter it. after entering a valid key, you will not be
prompted again.

I get 2 boxes with this message in it. That is all. I don't
know what
program it is or what to do. I checked msconfig's boot
sequence of
programs, but everything has been registered and just to be
sure, I
reregistered. Everything is a fresh WinXP Home install with
ALL
updates installed. I even tried using the program Startup
Inspector
to get more details on what the situation could be. Nothing.
I am
stumpted. I can't do much without knowing what the name of
the
program I am suppost to be registering is called!

I found out something else that might help: when I max out my
windows
in the taskbar (still having those 2 annoying windows up!),
they get
that look where it stacks both of them in the same listing in
the
taskbar. The name of the listing is "svchost". I am not
familiar with
editing the registry, but I believe that it is coming from
that.

Checked the task manager, like I said above, it was showing
up as
svchost with the multiple windows on the taskbar, and thusly,
there
are about 7 svchost.exe listings in the task manager from
CTRL ALT
DEL. Any suggestions to fix/disable these messages? I have
always
used the same programs all the time and nothing like this has
ever
happened.

Just though I should mention my system:

Intel E6700 Quad Core @ 3ghz
ASUS Stryker Extreme mobo
1GB GSkill RAM DDR800
eVGA GeForce 8800GTS @ 640MB
XION 600W PSU
1.12TB of HDD space over 4 drives

Lots more stuff, but those are the basics.

Can anyone help me determine what program this is or how to
disable
these annoying messages from coming up again? Thanks in
advance!

Download and run Process Explorer from Microsoft. Right click
each instance of svchost and select Properties from the menu.
Click on the Services tab to see what processes are running.

Process Explorer for Windows v10.21
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx

If you need help in identifying entries, take a look here,

TASK LIST PROGRAMS
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

Startup Applications List
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

WinTasks Process Library
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/other/a/

You might also find this program helpful.

AutoRuns for Windows v8.61
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx

You should also make sure that your system is free of any
malware. You can start with the procedures outlined here.

Courtesy of Malke Routh, MS-MVP
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Viruses_Malware

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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