Minor Startup Issue 3

[Present]

I get a window popup saying

"cannot find 'c:\windows\system32\cmd32.exe'"

Every time I boot. Can't see the thing in startup or registry. What's going on?

Cheers

b

 

[jrbarnett]

Hello
The CMD32.EXE file is not a part of Windows itself. It is part of a virus, but different vendors give it different names. As your system can't find the file, it sounds like it got installed but was cleaned out by a virus checker, but it didn't finish the job quite.

Go into the registry editor to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

and change
explorer.exe c:\windows\system32\cmd32.exe

to:

explorer.exe


John

 

[Present]

Thanks a lot, that did it

 

[Yogi39]

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

I had to find the line ....in the Shell..

Post saved my day Thanks !

 

[jtodish]

Unable to enter Safe Mode in XP

 

[bcastner]

Try early and often hitting of the F8 key as soon as you start the computer. Ignore any 'Stuck keys' errors you may receive.

 

[jtodish]

Started Safe mode thru pressing the F8 key BUT when it got to the list of drivers, IT just froze and could only
shut down with the On/Off switch.

 

[bcastner]

If it froze at MUP.SYS it tells you almost nothing as to the problem.


Are you certain the issue is the specific virus that started this thread?

Use Recovery Console:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=314058

Do a chkdsk /r

This can take a while.

Try a normal restart.

 

[jtodish]

Apprently I was in the wrong forum. I don't know whether it was a virus or not. The person has a habit to use the
on/off switch instead of correct shutdown. Am sorry that I got into the wrong forum. Have to start at the beginning.

 

[Fushnikens]

jrbarnett Thanks to your solution I solved a nagging startup problem

and

Yogi39 thanks to you I found it here also: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell

 

[RacerGirl117]

I have a similar problem except I get an Explorer window that points to
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Bin

I think this may have started either after I installed SP2 or after I updated my Norton AntiVirus LiveUpdate program, although I'm honestly not sure about that.

Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jess

Jessica Kinsey
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

 

[bcastner]

This should sort a folder opening on startup. The fix referes to My Documents, but is generic:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_mydocsopens.htm

A second possibility exists:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;170086

 

[RacerGirl117]

bcastner,

I looked at your 2nd suggestion and that seems to be more fitting and closer to the problem originally posted here. When I go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\NvCplDaemon and look at the value data it is as follows:
rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\nvcpl.dll,nvstartup

Any idea what that means? Should I delete the part of the value after rundll32.exe?

Jessica Kinsey
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

 

[bcastner]

The entry you list seems a normal part of Norton AV. You want to find a line that references c:\program files\common files\bin if you can in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

 

[RacerGirl117]

bcast,

I found a reference to it under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\SearchHistory (which was when I originally started researching this problem. No other references to that key anywhere.

Dell Tech. support is telling me that I need to do a repair/reinstall of Windows XP. That seems pretty drastic, but I'm willing to give anything a shot at this point.

Jessica Kinsey
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

 

[linney]

More ideas and suggestions are mentioned here.

XP displays an open folder at start up
thread779-395281

 

[RacerGirl117]

I have to apologize and admit to a terribly blonde moment (that's my story and I'm stickin' to it). The folder that was showing up on start up was c:\program files\common\bin NOT c:\program files\common files\bin. Don't know how I could have added a whole extra word. Guess my brain was so used to seeing the "common files" folder in the system that my eyes told my brain that's what I was seeing. Anyway...I solved the problem by simply opening the "real" Windows Explorer and deleting the c:\program files\common\bin folder. Seems to have fixed the problem.

Sorry if I wasted anyone's time.

Jessica Kinsey
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP