disable or cancel a scheduled chkdsk ?

[*ProteanThread*]

how do i disable or cancel a scheduled chkdsk at startup ?

 

[John John]

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963

John

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

how do i disable or cancel a scheduled chkdsk at startup ?

Start
Run
type
chkntfs /x c:
click OK

 

[John John]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Value Name: RasDisable
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: (0 = restriction disabled, 1 = restriction enabled)

John

 

[John John]

Ooops! Wrong thread.

John

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Value Name: RasDisable
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: (0 = restriction disabled, 1 = restriction enabled)

John

 

[*ProteanThread*]

thanks to both of you

 

[Sid Knee]

how do i disable or cancel a scheduled chkdsk at startup ?

Doesn't it give you the option of proceeding or canceling at startup?

 

[*ProteanThread*]

yea, but it'll keep asking you to do that until it completes a
scheduled chkdsk

 

[Sid Knee]

yea, but it'll keep asking you to do that until it completes a
scheduled chkdsk

Ah, I see the problem. I've seen the cancellation notice but never
actually canceled.