Control Panel opens at XP Login

The startup group is clean, and the Dell bloatware was removed via add/remove programs. It doesn't appear to be related to the issue. It looks (after a cursory glance online) as though this is common to new Dell Latitude laptops. The registry under everything except HKLM run was fine. HKLM run is as follows:
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 5/28/2009 - 1:32 PM
Value 0
Name: Apoint
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\DellTPad\Apoint.exe

Value 1
Name: SysTrayApp
Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Data: %ProgramFiles%\IDT\WDM\sttray.exe

Value 2
Name: AESTFltr
Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Data: %SystemRoot%\system32\AESTFltr.exe /NoDlg

Value 3
Name: NvCplDaemon
Type: REG_SZ
Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

Value 4
Name: nwiz
Type: REG_SZ
Data: nwiz.exe /installquiet

Value 5
Name: NVHotkey
Type: REG_SZ
Data: rundll32.exe nvHotkey.dll,Start

Value 6
Name: NvMediaCenter
Type: REG_SZ
Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit

Value 7
Name: IAAnotif
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\iaanotif.exe

Value 8
Name: ChangeTPMAuth
Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Wave Systems Corp\Common\ChangeTPMAuth.exe /T:NTRU12

Value 9
Name: Broadcom Wireless Manager UI
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLTRAY.exe

Value 10
Name: Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat_sl.exe"

Value 11
Name: Acrobat Assistant 8.0
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"

Value 12
Name: PDVDDXSrv
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD DX\PDVDDXSrv.exe"

Value 13
Name: SunJavaUpdateSched
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"

Value 14
Name: ShStatEXE
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan Enterprise\SHSTAT.EXE" /STANDALONE

Value 15
Name: McAfeeUpdaterUI
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework\UdaterUI.exe" /StartedFromRunKey

Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 5/14/2009 - 10:19 AM
Value 0
Name:
Type: REG_SZ
Data:

Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\IMAIL
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 5/14/2009 - 10:19 AM
Value 0
Name: Installed
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1

Value 1
Name:
Type: REG_SZ
Data:

Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MAPI
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 5/14/2009 - 10:19 AM
Value 0
Name: Installed
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1

Value 1
Name:
Type: REG_SZ
Data:

Value 2
Name: NoChange
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1

Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 5/14/2009 - 10:19 AM
Value 0
Name: Installed
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1

Value 1
Name:
Type: REG_SZ
Data:

I have Dell Latitude E6500/XP Pro SP3. Within one day, Control Panel opens at login and it doesn't matter which profile is used to login. I removed the 'Dell Connection Manger' (a big 345MB app!) and it made no difference.

Saw nothing that stood out as I reviewed the Registry. But regarding another post that suggested looking at 'NvCpl.dll',I believe that this only fires up the nVidia control panel task bar app.

Will keep looking...

-Dennis

and see what is in the startup.

http://live.sysinternals.com/autoruns.exe

Edit:

Just to add to that you could also try msconfig.

Click Start, Run type msconfig and press Enter.

Now if you have the Configuration Utility open.
Configure selective startup options
In the System Configuration Utility dialog box, click the General tab, and then click Selective Startup.
Click to clear the Process SYSTEM.INI File check box.
Click to clear the Process WIN.INI File check box.
Click to clear the Load Startup Items check box. Verify that Load System Services and Use Original BOOT.INI are checked.
Click the Services tab.
Click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box.
Click Disable All, and then click OK.
When you are prompted, save the settings and restart the PC.

If it is working in Normal mode re-enable one item at a time until you find out what is causing the problems.
When you have it sorted out re-run the Configuration Utility and in the System Configuration Utility dialog box, click the General tab, and then click Normal Startup.

It seems to be caused by the Control Point Connection Manager installed by Dell.

1. Uninstall Control Point Connection Manager and reboot.

2. Go to Dell support Drivers and Downloads. Download and install the appropriate wirless networking driver for your system.

3. Reboot. The Dell wireless management tool should open on boot. Select the utility and uncheck "Let this tool manage your wireless networks".

Once you remove the WLTray.exe from the start up you have to remove from the registry the Dell Wireless management service or just disable it from the services. This service is supressing the Windows Zero Management service and the wireless is not working properly.
Good luck.

I had exactly the same problem on a Dell Latitude/ES500 after uninstalling the Dell conection manager.
To resolve this issue, you need to uninstall the Dell wireless minicard software from add/remove programs
Then you need to go to device manager and uninstall the dell wireless mini card from there also. Then scan for hardware changes, this should automaticaly load the wireless driver only without the Dell sofware.
This will stop the control panel opening on startup.

Froody

Thanks for all these great answers. I just uninstalled Dell Connection Point bloatware, and when I looked to uinstall the "Dell Wireless Minicard software" it doesn't show up in my Add/Remove programs list. I do see something for "Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility" -- I'm worried that if I remove this, I won't be able to use wi-fi with this laptop, which is my primary computer. Any thoughts?

Thank you!