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Winnt 4.0 SP6 startup problem

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by mstark

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After the upgrading of a NT 4.0 based PC @ my work to Explorer 5.5 and running the SP6 again. The following screen continues to come up on the desktop at the end of startup's completion: Winnt\System32's folder in explorer and it's contents. There are 7 other PC's with exact same images and installs and they do not incurr this problem!
Has anyone got any ideas?

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by syscokid

Use Registry Editor to view the following two Windows NT 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 "").

See here for more info and examples:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q170/0/86.ASP

(Delete any spaces after pasting that url n your browser).

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