At startup get prompt for file Windows can't find??

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Walter Cohen

My friend has a Windows XP Home desktop and I cleaned off some adware junk
as well as did a system restore back to a point a few months back.
Everything seems to work ok but I have two issues I'd still like to resolve
for him:

1) Startup to any user account takes a little over a minute. When new out
of the box, the Dell system loaded to a usable desktop in about 40-45
seconds. I don't know what is causing it to load so much slower. Is there
anything I can look at to help cut down on the load time? My shot-gun
approach (which I don't really want to do) is to use the Dell Winx XP
re-install cd and reload the operating system.

2) Right after the user desktop loads Windows throws up a dialog box about
not being able to find a file called "LoadGolfCourses". It asks me to
connect to the internet to find it or asks me to alternately search my
system programs to find it. I just click cancel to get out of it and
everything is ok. I've searched through the Registry for anything with
"golf" in it but no luck. There must be some executable loading that can't
find the "LoadGolfCourses" file. I just can't find it.
Suggestions on where I can look (most probably in the registry) to stop this
pop-up of a not found file?

Thanks!
Walter
 
I just ran across your message in looking for info on
"LoadGolfCourses.exe"
I have a particular user who has installed several pieces of spyware
on her workstation. After removing several pieces of crap-ware from
the registry I found this one in the "\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder. The actual executable file
is in that folder and running when logged in. Havent determined what
it is yet but Im going to assume its crap and delete it.

the workstation in question is a Windows2000 SP3 custom build machine
 
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