autochk.exe

[John]

When I boot up my computer in XP, before all the Windows
screens start appearing, I get a 2-second screen saying
something about not being able to find autochk.exe.

Any ideas why it can't find it, or what its significance
is? There is an autochk.exe located under
C:\windows\system32, which is 553 KB in size and dated
3/31/2003.

I haven't always had this error message appear.

Thanks,
John

[Unknown]

Autochk.exe runs automatically any time you specify that you want to schedule
a disk check to run at startup. See KB article Q216461. Where else does
'autochk' appear on your system?
"John" > wrote in message
...
> When I boot up my computer in XP, before all the Windows
> screens start appearing, I get a 2-second screen saying
> something about not being able to find autochk.exe.
>
> Any ideas why it can't find it, or what its significance
> is? There is an autochk.exe located under
> C:\windows\system32, which is 553 KB in size and dated
> 3/31/2003.
>
> I haven't always had this error message appear.
>
> Thanks,
> John

[Unknown]

Autochk.exe runs automatically any time you specify that you want to schedule
a disk check to run at startup. See KB article Q216461. Where else does
'autochk' appear on your system?
"John" > wrote in message
...
> When I boot up my computer in XP, before all the Windows
> screens start appearing, I get a 2-second screen saying
> something about not being able to find autochk.exe.
>
> Any ideas why it can't find it, or what its significance
> is? There is an autochk.exe located under
> C:\windows\system32, which is 553 KB in size and dated
> 3/31/2003.
>
> I haven't always had this error message appear.
>
> Thanks,
> John

[NobodyMan]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:14:58 GMT, "Unknown" >
wrote:


>"John" > wrote in message
...
>> When I boot up my computer in XP, before all the Windows
>> screens start appearing, I get a 2-second screen saying
>> something about not being able to find autochk.exe.
>>
>> Any ideas why it can't find it, or what its significance
>> is? There is an autochk.exe located under
>> C:\windows\system32, which is 553 KB in size and dated
>> 3/31/2003.
>>
>> I haven't always had this error message appear.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>Autochk.exe runs automatically any time you specify that you want to schedule
>a disk check to run at startup. See KB article Q216461. Where else does
>'autochk' appear on your system?

No, you are thinking about Chkdsk. I've never heard of "autochk."
Any takers on this one?

[Bob Dietz]

NobodyMan wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:14:58 GMT, "Unknown" >
> wrote:
>
>
>
>>"John" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>When I boot up my computer in XP, before all the Windows
>>>screens start appearing, I get a 2-second screen saying
>>>something about not being able to find autochk.exe.
>>>
>>>Any ideas why it can't find it, or what its significance
>>>is? There is an autochk.exe located under
>>>C:\windows\system32, which is 553 KB in size and dated
>>>3/31/2003.
>>>
>>>I haven't always had this error message appear.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>John
>>
>>Autochk.exe runs automatically any time you specify that you want to schedule
>>a disk check to run at startup. See KB article Q216461. Where else does
>>'autochk' appear on your system?
>
>
> No, you are thinking about Chkdsk. I've never heard of "autochk."
> Any takers on this one?
>

Unknown's advice is good. See MS KB article -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;218461

Or do a google search.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=autochk

Bob

[John]

>-----Original Message-----
>NobodyMan wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:14:58 GMT, "Unknown"
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>"John" > wrote in
message
...
>>>
>>>>When I boot up my computer in XP, before all the
Windows
>>>>screens start appearing, I get a 2-second screen
saying
>>>>something about not being able to find autochk.exe.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas why it can't find it, or what its
significance
>>>>is? There is an autochk.exe located under
>>>>C:\windows\system32, which is 553 KB in size and dated
>>>>3/31/2003.
>>>>
>>>>I haven't always had this error message appear.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>John
>>>
>>>Autochk.exe runs automatically any time you specify
that you want to schedule
>>>a disk check to run at startup. See KB article
Q216461. Where else does
>>>'autochk' appear on your system?
>>
>>
>> No, you are thinking about Chkdsk. I've never heard
of "autochk."
>> Any takers on this one?
>>
>
>Unknown's advice is good. See MS KB article -
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;218461
>
>Or do a google search.
>
>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
8&q=autochk
>
>Bob
>
>.
Thanks for your suggestions Bob & NobodyMan. The MS KB
article seems to apply to Windows 2000. I'm running XP
Pro. The google search was somewhat helpful too. Most
of the people complaining about a similar problem have
their boot sequence go into a loop. I don't have that
problem. Some talk of one of the MS Hotfixes causing a
problem ( KB824105 ). Also, a partition utility (GoBack)
may cause problems. I'm using Acronis True Image. Also,
someone got into trouble messing with their registry.
Duh!

Thanks,
John

[Kelly]

Hi John,

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\SessionManager

Verify: "autocheck autochk*" the entry should be "autocheck autochk *" with
a space between autochk and the *.

More suggestions/workarounds here:
http://tinyurl.com/1yr3

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"John" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >NobodyMan wrote:
> >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:14:58 GMT, "Unknown"
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>"John" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >>>
> >>>>When I boot up my computer in XP, before all the
> Windows
> >>>>screens start appearing, I get a 2-second screen
> saying
> >>>>something about not being able to find autochk.exe.
> >>>>
> >>>>Any ideas why it can't find it, or what its
> significance
> >>>>is? There is an autochk.exe located under
> >>>>C:\windows\system32, which is 553 KB in size and dated
> >>>>3/31/2003.
> >>>>
> >>>>I haven't always had this error message appear.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>John
> >>>
> >>>Autochk.exe runs automatically any time you specify
> that you want to schedule
> >>>a disk check to run at startup. See KB article
> Q216461. Where else does
> >>>'autochk' appear on your system?
> >>
> >>
> >> No, you are thinking about Chkdsk. I've never heard
> of "autochk."
> >> Any takers on this one?
> >>
> >
> >Unknown's advice is good. See MS KB article -
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
> US;218461
> >
> >Or do a google search.
> >
> >http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
> 8&q=autochk
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >.
> Thanks for your suggestions Bob & NobodyMan. The MS KB
> article seems to apply to Windows 2000. I'm running XP
> Pro. The google search was somewhat helpful too. Most
> of the people complaining about a similar problem have
> their boot sequence go into a loop. I don't have that
> problem. Some talk of one of the MS Hotfixes causing a
> problem ( KB824105 ). Also, a partition utility (GoBack)
> may cause problems. I'm using Acronis True Image. Also,
> someone got into trouble messing with their registry.
> Duh!
>
> Thanks,
> John

[John]

Kelly,
Thanks for your suggestions. I am not too familiar with=20
the Registry, but I did navigate to where you suggested=20
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\Sessi
onManager) and did not find any entry for anything that=20
looked like autochk or autocheck. I then did a search in=20
the Registry for "autocheck" and "autochk" and didn't=20
come up with anything that looked like what you were=20
suggesting.

I also went to the URL that you suggested. Most of the=20
posts had to do with people whose computers wouldn't=20
boot, apparently because of having an autochk problem. =20
My computer (XP Pro) does boot ok, and maybe is running=20
ok. About the same time that the autochk problem started=20
Outlook 2000 started not being able to open or create=20
attachments, but I don't know if the two problems are=20
related. (This is a much more annoying problem than the=20
autochk problem!!)

Some people on the posts mention that their problem might=20
be related to using Partition Magic software. I've made=20
(and replaced) images of my C-drive using Acronic True=20
Image. Not sure how to determine if that is related to=20
my concern.

Went to your XP web site. Lots of good information.

Thanks,
John


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi John,
>
>Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Sessi
onManager
>
>Verify: "autocheck autochk*" the entry should=20
be "autocheck autochk *" with
>a space between autochk and the *.
>
>More suggestions/workarounds here:
>http://tinyurl.com/1yr3
>
>--=20
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
>MS-MVP Win98/XP
>[AE-Windows=AE XP]
>
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>Utilities for Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
>
>
>"John" > wrote in=20
message
...
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >NobodyMan wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:14:58 GMT, "Unknown"
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>"John" > wrote=20
in
>> message
>> ...
>> >>>
>> >>>>When I boot up my computer in XP, before all the
>> Windows
>> >>>>screens start appearing, I get a 2-second screen
>> saying
>> >>>>something about not being able to find autochk.exe.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Any ideas why it can't find it, or what its
>> significance
>> >>>>is? There is an autochk.exe located under
>> >>>>C:\windows\system32, which is 553 KB in size and=20
dated
>> >>>>3/31/2003.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>I haven't always had this error message appear.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Thanks,
>> >>>>John
>> >>>
>> >>>Autochk.exe runs automatically any time you specify
>> that you want to schedule
>> >>>a disk check to run at startup. See KB article
>> Q216461. Where else does
>> >>>'autochk' appear on your system?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> No, you are thinking about Chkdsk. I've never heard
>> of "autochk."
>> >> Any takers on this one?
>> >>
>> >
>> >Unknown's advice is good. See MS KB article -
>> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;EN-
>> US;218461
>> >
>> >Or do a google search.
>> >
>> >http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&ie=3DUTF-8&oe=3DUTF-
>> 8&q=3Dautochk
>> >
>> >Bob
>> >
>> >.
>> Thanks for your suggestions Bob & NobodyMan. The MS KB
>> article seems to apply to Windows 2000. I'm running XP
>> Pro. The google search was somewhat helpful too. Most
>> of the people complaining about a similar problem have
>> their boot sequence go into a loop. I don't have that
>> problem. Some talk of one of the MS Hotfixes causing a
>> problem ( KB824105 ). Also, a partition utility=20
(GoBack)
>> may cause problems. I'm using Acronis True Image. =20
Also,
>> someone got into trouble messing with their registry.
>> Duh!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>
>
>.
>

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:27:53 -0500, NobodyMan > wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:14:58 GMT, "Unknown" >
>>"John" > wrote in message

>>Autochk.exe runs automatically any time you specify that you want to schedule
>>a disk check to run at startup. See KB article Q216461. Where else does
>>'autochk' appear on your system?

>No, you are thinking about Chkdsk. I've never heard of "autochk."
>Any takers on this one?

AutoChk is similar to ChkDsk, except it runs earlier in the boot
process so that it is less likely to trip over files "in use" etc.

Unlike ChkDsk, it has no "look, don't touch" mode.

Often, when you try to ChkDsk, it says it can't do it but will set up
a scan on the next restart. That scan is done by AutoChk.

It's not clear (to me) whether AutoChk.exe is merely a wrapper that
calls ChkDsk, or is a stand-alone app with parallel functionality, or
whether both are just wrappers for some deeper maintenance API.



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