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by mrtechman

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i have been having a problem with win2k pro...every time i log into windows a folder keeps poping open. i have checked my start up items and found nothing of the sort... i have tried deleting it. Guess What? It came back to popup and annoy upon startup. Any body has any suggestions...

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by syscokid

Use Registry Editor to view the following two Windows registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Verify that all the values in these keys do not contain any incorrect, incomplete, or null entries (such as "").

For full details see:

support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q170086

by bobho

If you don't like messing with the registry editor you can download a copy of msconfig for w2k at:

http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Msconfig.htm

This will allow you to view your startup folders and enable/disable various options before actually deleting any entries from the registry.

Enjoy,

DrBob:>)

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