Frosty Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 (edited) Since i've gotten back to school, every time my computer starts up my C:\windows\system 32 folder opens. I found some application that was installing golden casino in there and deleted it today, thinking that that was opening the folder on startup, but it still opens. Anyone ever heard of this? haha, this is in hardware, sorry Edited December 4, 2003 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 I moved it to OS, Look in your registry. HKEY LOCAL MACHINE -->SOFTWARE -->MICROSOFT -->WINDOWS -->CURRENT VERSION -----> Look under the RUN, and RUN Once... etc for anything that looks fishy.. disclaimer: remember editing your registry is dangerous.. don't screw anything up... we aren't responsible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iroc Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 You should go to your Add/Remove programs item in Control Panel and see if any software you know you didnt install is listed there (but use discretion, some maybe system related) and remove it, then run a good spyware utility like adaware or others. Also check your Start Menu - Programs - Startup, there shouldn't be anything in there except for stuff you need. Run a full system and memory virus scan in SAFE MODE. Go into Internet Explorer - Tools - Internet Options - Advanced and uncheck the two entries labeled "Enable install on demand ..." That should get you off to a good start along with what Bruce said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iroc Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Also once your in the registry looking at each of those Run programs you can reference this web site to get an insight on what they do... Just choose the letter that the programs name starts with http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages..._full.php#Alpha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[TMX]RdMaxx Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 When all else fails Format C: /q /s ***disclaimer: remember turning on your computer, Letting it boot, Using advice you found online and editing your hard drive... is dangerous... you will screw everything up... I am responsible... but not for your stupid actions... *** HEHE But for real tho dont do that unless you want your HDD cleared out. No COMING BACK FROM THAT ONE. Remeber BACKUP.... BACKUP... BACKUP.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 (edited) RdMaxx,Dec 4 2003, 02:22 PM] When all else fails Format C: /q /s ***disclaimer: remember turning on your computer, Letting it boot, Using advice you found online and editing your hard drive... is dangerous... you will screw everything up... I am responsible... but not for your stupid actions... *** HEHE But for real tho dont do that unless you want your HDD cleared out. No COMING BACK FROM THAT ONE. Remeber BACKUP.... BACKUP... BACKUP.. in windows XP that doesn't work. the drive should be locked. At least it should be. use a dos boot disk then do that command. Edited December 5, 2003 by Junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]1HellUVAShot Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 (edited) If it is an NTFS partition even a DOS boot disk won't format the drive. You would have to boot up with the DOS bootdisk, and then type the fdisk from the A: prompt. Then go in and delete all non dos partitions. Unless I missed something earlier this is probably what you will have to do. Of course this will delete everything, so as mentioned above don't do this without backing up. Once you have deleted the non dos partitions you can boot up to the Windows XP cdrom and reinstall windows. Personally before doing all of this I would boot up to the Windows XP crdom and you should be able to repair the current install of windows. This doesn't always work but if it does it can save a lot of time. Edited December 5, 2003 by [COD]1HellUVAShot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[TMX]RdMaxx Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 in windows XP that doesn't work. the drive should be locked. At least it should be. use a dos boot disk then do that command. Thx junior I have not had any run in with XP or 2K yet not something in my mainstream at this time... hehe But most of the time I use a boot disk when Formating... Somthing bout cuting off the legs I am standing on just seem like a bad idea hehe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[TMX]RdMaxx Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 1HellUVAShot,Dec 5 2003, 04:36 AM] If it is an NTFS partition even a DOS boot disk won't format the drive. You would have to boot up with the DOS bootdisk, and then type the fdisk from the A: prompt. Then go in and delete all non dos partitions. Unless I missed something earlier this is probably what you will have to do. Of course this will delete everything, so as mentioned above don't do this without backing up. Once you have deleted the non dos partitions you can boot up to the Windows XP cdrom and reinstall windows. Personally before doing all of this I would boot up to the Windows XP crdom and you should be able to repair the current install of windows. This doesn't always work but if it does it can save a lot of time. HRM... i thought I had seen and NTFS dos disk... HRM where was that... I dont think this is the one I had to use a while back but it would prob. work NTFS Dos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 1HellUVAShot,Dec 5 2003, 05:36 AM] If it is an NTFS partition even a DOS boot disk won't format the drive. You would have to boot up with the DOS bootdisk, and then type the fdisk from the A: prompt. Then go in and delete all non dos partitions. Unless I missed something earlier this is probably what you will have to do. Of course this will delete everything, so as mentioned above don't do this without backing up. Once you have deleted the non dos partitions you can boot up to the Windows XP cdrom and reinstall windows. Personally before doing all of this I would boot up to the Windows XP crdom and you should be able to repair the current install of windows. This doesn't always work but if it does it can save a lot of time. don't even need the boot disk. WinXP has it's own partitioning software, nowhere near linux's. But it gets the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 RdMaxx,Dec 5 2003, 10:33 AM] HRM... i thought I had seen and NTFS dos disk... HRM where was that... I dont think this is the one I had to use a while back but it would prob. work NTFS Dos they do have a Boot disk that allows you to use NTFS partitions in DOS. But ya gotta pay for the good ones. Or Use a Linux disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]1HellUVAShot Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Yeah I have NTFS dos bootdisk but just figured not everyone had it. Good point though Junior, no need to use bootdisk The windows disk will create new partition and format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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