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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:12:00 +0200, Anders Eriksson
<andis59@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:32:24 GMT, Art wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:03:40 +0200, Anders Eriksson
>> <andis59@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>If you start Add/Remove Programs does it start MSHTA.EXE and if so will it
>>>scan the disk?
>>
>> MSHTA is indeed listed as a running process when I do that, but I'm
>> not seeing any problem with it. I don't know what you mean by
>> "scanning" or how you determined that it's "scanning".
>
>By scanning I mean that it read (write?) on the disk for about 5 to 10
>minutes. I can hear the disk.
>
>I also have run File Monitor by SysInternals (www.sysinternals.com) and it
>shows that for every directory on my C: drive it does:
>
>283477 07:15:49 mshta.exe:1548 FSCTL_IS_VOLUME_MOUNTED C:\Documents and
>Settings\ame\ SUCCESS
>283478 07:15:49 mshta.exe:1548 IRP_MJ_CREATE C:\Program Files\ SUCCESS
>Options: Open Directory Access: All
>283479 07:15:49 mshta.exe:1548 IRP_MJ_DIRECTORY_CONTROL C:\Program Files\
>SUCCESS FileBothDirectoryInformation: Common Files
>283480 07:15:49 mshta.exe:1548 IRP_MJ_CLEANUP C:\Program Files\ SUCCESS
>283481 07:15:49 mshta.exe:1548 IRP_MJ_CLOSE C:\Program Files\ SUCCESS
>
>(the above will probably wrap. Each line should start with a 6 digit
>number)
>
>
>I also does this for a number (more than 100) exe and dll:
>51 07:12:09 mshta.exe:1548 FSCTL_IS_VOLUME_MOUNTED C:\Documents and
>Settings\ame\ SUCCESS
>52 07:12:09 mshta.exe:1548 FASTIO_QUERY_OPEN C:\Norman\Nvc\BIN\Niphk.dll
>FAILURE
>53 07:12:09 mshta.exe:1548 IRP_MJ_CREATE C:\Norman\Nvc\BIN\Niphk.dll
>SUCCESS Options: Open Access: All
>54 07:12:09 mshta.exe:1548 FASTIO_QUERY_STANDARD_INFO
>C:\Norman\Nvc\BIN\Niphk.dll SUCCESS Length: 233472
>55 07:12:09 mshta.exe:1548 FASTIO_QUERY_BASIC_INFO
>C:\Norman\Nvc\BIN\Niphk.dll SUCCESS Attributes: A
>56 07:12:09 mshta.exe:1548 IRP_MJ_CLEANUP C:\Norman\Nvc\BIN\Niphk.dll
>SUCCESS
>57 07:12:09 mshta.exe:1548 IRP_MJ_CLOSE C:\Norman\Nvc\BIN\Niphk.dll
>SUCCESS
>
>(the above will probably wrap. Each line should start with a 2 digit
>number)
>
>
>It's really strange!
>
>I have tested on a Windows XP computer and there MSHTA.EXE will start and
>the disk will be 'scanned' just for a while (less than 30 seconds) and the
>scanning will stop as soon as all program are shown in the Add/Remove
>Programs window.
Ok, I tried Filemon and when I go into Add/Remove I see that mshta.exe
seems to locate every folder on my drive. This procedure only lasts
for a second or two on my machine.
I assume you're not using a grossly underpowered machine to run Win 2K
since it seems you know what you're doing
And I assume you don't
have a abnormally large number of subdirectories.
I'm reminded of something that's happened to me twice since I started
using Win 2K a few months ago. Perhaps unwisely, I chose FAT32 instead
of NTFS. I've had file system corruption ... lost clusters, etc., for
which I'm at a loss to understand why ... unless FAT32 was a poor
choice to make with Win 2K. Anyway, the symptom in both cases was
a "churning" of the hard drive that would sort of come and go.
>I guessing that we have come to the end of this so thank you very much for
>your input!
Sorry I couldn't help. Maybe one of the MS gurus will have a idea.
Art
http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
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