windows xp pro msconfig

[Michael]

Hello,
today i have opened my msconfig and saw some strange thing: an
operation performed at startup and one wasn't performed before:
dumprep0 -k %systemroot%\system32\dumprep0 -k
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Current Version
where: dumprep0 -k is an item
%systemroot%...... is a command
and HKLM.......... is a location

I'd like to know:
1) what is it?
2)why is it there?
3)what does it mean?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

That entry is used to create 'dump' files, which can then be used to solve any Stop Errors that may occur. You can alter the size of this file - or set it to zero - by right clicking on My Computer, selecting Properties and then the Advanced tab. Under 'Startup and Recovery' click the 'Settings...' button, then have a look in the bottom box. Please note, that if you set this box to 'Complete', the size of the file will be the same as the amount of RAM + 1MB that you have on your system.

Open Help and Support and search for 'dump' - without the quotes. There is some info there that you can read before altering anything.

Will