Error Message: Windows cannot find "copy"

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J. Lasko

I use XP Home Edition. Since installing the latest XP
update, I now get the following error message upon
selecting my user profile from the welcome
screen: "Windows cannot find 'copy'. Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, the click the Start button, and then click
Search."

Once I click OK the computer boots up properly, however,
this is an unncessary step ever since adding the new
update. Thanks in advance for any help that can be
suggested.
 
Greetings

1. Open Regedit by going to Start>>Run and then typing regedit.

2. Then do a find for "winshow" When any key is found, delete it by
pressing the delete key. Be sure to hit the F3 (Find Next) key after
each. There are about 10 or so that need to be find. Regedit will say
"Finished Searching" when complete.

3. Repeat the same step above, but this time search for "winlink"

4. After that is done, close regedit.

5. You will then have to search for the the .dll files stored on the
harddrive. Go to search for files at c: Then search for "winshow" and
"winlink" Delete any files that you find. (Im my case I did not find
any files named winlink)

6. Restart the computer

For more info see:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.winshow.html

[Courtesy of Matt]
 
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