May have a potentially Serious Problem

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As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition. I have invested in
McAfee Security Suite. My problem just started happening recently. I logged
on the computer and Privacy Service came up, just like it's Supposed to and I
enter the password, no problem there. However. While waiting for the rest to
boot. A System folder (supposed to be hidden) popped up all at once. No
explanation and no reason for it. I tried to re-hide it and when I did the
system locked, so I had to unhide it. Now It's been a little over a week
since this happened and I'm stumped. It's a Windows/System files. It has
several different types of folders which is supposed to be hidden. Can anyone
help? I'll get the exact folder name to ya as soon as possible..

Thanks.
 
Wayne: Just for the record, *I* didn't know ;-)

Tom

| As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition.
 
Wayne said:
As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition. I have invested
in McAfee Security Suite. My problem just started happening recently.
I logged on the computer and Privacy Service came up, just like it's
Supposed to and I enter the password, no problem there. However.
While waiting for the rest to boot. A System folder (supposed to be
hidden) popped up all at once. No explanation and no reason for it. I
tried to re-hide it and when I did the system locked, so I had to
unhide it. Now It's been a little over a week since this happened and
I'm stumped. It's a Windows/System files. It has several different
types of folders which is supposed to be hidden. Can anyone help?
I'll get the exact folder name to ya as soon as possible..
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You run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition?
Last time I was at your house, that looked like Linux to me! *grin*

Look here for your opening folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170086
 
At his house???????.. you told me you were washing your hair.. I sat through
that entire 'sloppy' movie by myself.. :-( .. (wasn't gonna waste the
tickets, no way, no how)
 
Wayne said:
As everyone knows I run Windows XP SP2 Home Edition. I have invested in
McAfee Security Suite. My problem just started happening recently. I logged
on the computer and Privacy Service came up, just like it's Supposed to and I
enter the password, no problem there. However. While waiting for the rest to
boot. A System folder (supposed to be hidden) popped up all at once. No
explanation and no reason for it. I tried to re-hide it and when I did the
system locked, so I had to unhide it. Now It's been a little over a week
since this happened and I'm stumped. It's a Windows/System files. It has
several different types of folders which is supposed to be hidden. Can anyone
help? I'll get the exact folder name to ya as soon as possible..

Thanks.
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This can be caused by a blank entry, such as can be left behind by
an incomplete program removal, in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and/or
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys. It can also
be caused by an entry in these same keys that starts with a " / ."

System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;170086

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560



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Mike Hall (MS-MVP) said:
At his house???????.. you told me you were washing your hair.. I sat
through that entire 'sloppy' movie by myself.. :-( .. (wasn't gonna
waste the tickets, no way, no how)
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Stop having fun. Immediately. Back to your seats. <stern glare>

<snip>
 
<ROTFL>

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
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Mike Hall (MS-MVP) said:
At his house???????.. you told me you were washing your hair.. I sat
through that entire 'sloppy' movie by myself.. :-( .. (wasn't gonna waste
the tickets, no way, no how)
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Thanks Wesley, but it said something about couldn't run because of a script
error. An I'm not exactly sure how to handle this..
 
What does ROTFL mean?

Wesley Vogel said:
<ROTFL>

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Mike Hall (MS-MVP) said:
At his house???????.. you told me you were washing your hair.. I sat
through that entire 'sloppy' movie by myself.. :-( .. (wasn't gonna waste
the tickets, no way, no how)
Click to expand...
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