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System32?

System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086

For an automated Edit go here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top of the page.
Scroll down to:
260. Right hand side.
System32 Folder Opens Upon Boot

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Wes
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In news:0E8448C0-E565-4C16-B371-A4F2D0F241FC@microsoft.com,
Wayne <cobra911@bellsouth.net> hunted and pecked:
> As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition. I have invested in
> McAfee Security Suite. My problem just started happening recently. I
> logged on the computer and Privacy Service came up, just like it's
> Supposed to and I enter the password, no problem there. However. While
> waiting for the rest to boot. A System folder (supposed to be hidden)
> popped up all at once. No explanation and no reason for it. I tried to
> re-hide it and when I did the system locked, so I had to unhide it. Now
> It's been a little over a week since this happened and I'm stumped. It's
> a Windows/System files. It has several different types of folders which
> is supposed to be hidden. Can anyone help? I'll get the exact folder name
> to ya as soon as possible..
>
> Thanks.

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Wayne wrote:
> As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition. I have invested
> in McAfee Security Suite. My problem just started happening recently.
> I logged on the computer and Privacy Service came up, just like it's
> Supposed to and I enter the password, no problem there. However.
> While waiting for the rest to boot. A System folder (supposed to be
> hidden) popped up all at once. No explanation and no reason for it. I
> tried to re-hide it and when I did the system locked, so I had to
> unhide it. Now It's been a little over a week since this happened and
> I'm stumped. It's a Windows/System files. It has several different
> types of folders which is supposed to be hidden. Can anyone help?
> I'll get the exact folder name to ya as soon as possible..

You run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition?
Last time I was at your house, that looked like Linux to me! *grin*

Look here for your opening folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170086

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Wayne wrote:
> As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition. I have invested in
> McAfee Security Suite. My problem just started happening recently. I logged
> on the computer and Privacy Service came up, just like it's Supposed to and I
> enter the password, no problem there. However. While waiting for the rest to
> boot. A System folder (supposed to be hidden) popped up all at once. No
> explanation and no reason for it. I tried to re-hide it and when I did the
> system locked, so I had to unhide it. Now It's been a little over a week
> since this happened and I'm stumped. It's a Windows/System files. It has
> several different types of folders which is supposed to be hidden. Can anyone
> help? I'll get the exact folder name to ya as soon as possible..
>
> Thanks.


This can be caused by a blank entry, such as can be left behind by
an incomplete program removal, in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and/or
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys. It can also
be caused by an entry in these same keys that starts with a " / ."

System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;170086

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -US;310560



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<ROTFL>

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Wes
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In news:%23JtW279kFHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Mike Hall (MS-MVP) <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> hunted and pecked:
> At his house???????.. you told me you were washing your hair.. I sat
> through that entire 'sloppy' movie by myself.. :-( .. (wasn't gonna waste
> the tickets, no way, no how)
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uGb6LT9kFHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Wayne wrote:
>>> As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition. I have invested
>>> in McAfee Security Suite. My problem just started happening recently.
>>> I logged on the computer and Privacy Service came up, just like it's
>>> Supposed to and I enter the password, no problem there. However.
>>> While waiting for the rest to boot. A System folder (supposed to be
>>> hidden) popped up all at once. No explanation and no reason for it. I
>>> tried to re-hide it and when I did the system locked, so I had to
>>> unhide it. Now It's been a little over a week since this happened and
>>> I'm stumped. It's a Windows/System files. It has several different
>>> types of folders which is supposed to be hidden. Can anyone help?
>>> I'll get the exact folder name to ya as soon as possible..
>>
>> You run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition?
>> Last time I was at your house, that looked like Linux to me! *grin*
>>
>> Look here for your opening folder:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170086
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Then have a look at...

System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:234E541B-A9F9-483B-AC2E-191AF1DF0AF5@microsoft.com,
Wayne <cobra911@bellsouth.net> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks Wesley, but it said something about couldn't run because of a
> script error. An I'm not exactly sure how to handle this..
>
>> System32?
>>
>> System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086
>>
>> For an automated Edit go here:
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>>
>> Read the instructions at the top of the page.
>> Scroll down to:
>> 260. Right hand side.
>> System32 Folder Opens Upon Boot
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:0E8448C0-E565-4C16-B371-A4F2D0F241FC@microsoft.com,
>> Wayne <cobra911@bellsouth.net> hunted and pecked:
>>> As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition. I have invested in
>>> McAfee Security Suite. My problem just started happening recently. I
>>> logged on the computer and Privacy Service came up, just like it's
>>> Supposed to and I enter the password, no problem there. However. While
>>> waiting for the rest to boot. A System folder (supposed to be hidden)
>>> popped up all at once. No explanation and no reason for it. I tried to
>>> re-hide it and when I did the system locked, so I had to unhide it. Now
>>> It's been a little over a week since this happened and I'm stumped. It's
>>> a Windows/System files. It has several different types of folders which
>>> is supposed to be hidden. Can anyone help? I'll get the exact folder
>>> name to ya as soon as possible..
>>>
>>> Thanks.

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nim wrote:

> What does ROTFL mean?

http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/sD [...] 76,00.html

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