Windows XP Startup Error Message

[Jon]

If anyone can help me with this... I would greatly
appreciate it.

About half the time I start windows and log in... after
selecting my name... and entering the password... as
windows is "loading [my] preferences"... I hear the error
tone and an error window comes up:

"Windows cannot find 'copy'. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again. To search for a file,
click the Start button, and then click Search."

Followed by the "Ok" tab, before it will load any of the
startup programs and allow me to use Windows.

How can I find this 'copy' program and remove it... and
why does it only sometimes occur on start up and log in?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi,

1. Open Regedit by going to Start>>Run and then typing regedit.

2. Then do a find for "winshow" When any key is found, delete it by
pressing the delete key. Be sure to hit the F3 (Find Next) key after
each. There are about 10 or so that need to be find. Regedit will say
"Finished Searching" when complete.

3. Repeat the same step above, but this time search for "winlink"

4. After that is done, close regedit.

5. You will then have to search for the the .dll files stored on the
harddrive. Go to search for files at c: Then search for "winshow" and
"winlink" Delete any files that you find. (Im my case I did not find
any files named winlink)

6. Restart the computer

For more info see:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.winshow.html