QTASK.EXE There is no disk in drive message

[zoeythecat]

Hi All,

Have an end user with Windows2000 Pro. When logging on she gets the following message, "Qtask.exe - There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive\device\harddisk1\dr1

Any ideas?

TIA,
Zoey

 

[uvguy]

QuickTime places (the very useless) QTask.exe in your startup folder or registry start area. You don't need it to run QuickTime. You can click the Qtask icon in your task bar and uncheck the Run at startup option.

==OR==

Click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG and click OK. Click the System Configuration Tool and click on the Startup tab. Uncheck the box next to Qtask to keep it from starting.

 

[zoeythecat]

Ok, I will try that.

Thanks for the tip

 

[zoeythecat]

can this qtask.exe be deleted from registry? Will Quicktime not work?

 

[1101001100110101]

yes you can delete it but only in the follow area if you want to stop it loading at startup

Hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\current version\run

look for the qtask.exe there and delete the entry then it will still run if you choose to open it or a quicktime file but wont start automaticly a startup.

 

[Rhombus65]

uvguy:

I am not aware of msconfig in W2K??

Can it be loaded some how?

Jim: A+, MCP W2k, Master Electrician

"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing..."
-Albert Einstein

 

[1101001100110101]

you can get msconfig for win2k here

http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/m/msconfig_w2k.htm

its just the win98 version but it can work on 2k