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George Hester
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"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message news:7fWdneG-Oue2sQLfRVn-rw@giganews.com...
> You say you don't normally mess with the registry, so, I would advise you
> read up a little on precautions before doing this. That said...
>
> Go to the command line and start the registry editor (regedt32.exe)
>
> Look for erroneous or incomplete entries in the following places (usually
> these erroneous entries will be found in the Run key). When found, delete
> the string pointing to the non-extent command.
>
>
> Select: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> Select: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
> Select:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
> Select:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
>
> -Frank
>
> "David F" <David-White@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:eZghFxzZFHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > From all I know so far, what you wrote fits the best. Not that I did
> > anything with the registry but I think I deleted some application and as
> > we
> > know, something could go wrong with uninstalls.
> > How do I go about finding such bad entries? I never mess up manually with
> > the registry.
> >
> > George's idea about something malicious is also a possibility but: 1. I
> > have
> > never had anything like that because I am extremely careful what I put
> > into
> > my computer and it never happened to me before (yes, I know there is
> > always
> > the first time...). 2. I did some thorough scannings after such agents.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
> >
> > "Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
> > news:v_Kdncdy88tHXADfRVn-jw@giganews.com...
> >> This behavior is usually the result of a bad/incomplete command in one of
> >> the Run entries in the registry. Can happen if you manually delete an
> >> app
> >> out from under it or if an installation was aborted or corrupted in some
> >> other way. The un-executable command results in an IE window popping up.
> >>
> >> -Frank
> >>
> >> "David F" <David-White@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >> news:OY90nmfZFHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >> > Using Win 2K+SP4.
> >> > IE6.1 It is not listed in the startup folder.
> >> > I don't know were else an automatic startup may be recorded
> >> > and how such a status change occured.
> >> >
> >> > Any idea how to stop it?
> >> > Where are ALL the "secret" Windows' ways of automatic starting anything
> >> > (not
> >> > required for the OS to complete logon) upon logon?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > David
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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