Help to fix SLOW WinXP bootup

Look here http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm for item 127.

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"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...
On Jan 8, 10:57 pm, "Randem" wrote:
the aic78xx driver is for a SCSI controller. Are you using any SCSI
devices?
If not you can well do without it. If you are very much unsure about it
you
can just turn off Windows File Protection then delete this file to see if
your system will boot with out it and it should. If it does then you need
to
delete the file from the dllcache\driver folder also.

REMEMBER to turn Windows File Protection back on after fixing the problem.

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Thank you for the suggestion, but how do I turn off the Windows File
Protection? Where is that option?

Regards,
Robert

ANY software that does not do what you ask it to do and then it goes off and
does what it wants to SHOULD be uninstalled. After all it is your computer
not theirs!!!

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"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...
On Jan 9, 8:58 am, "Unknown" wrote:
As a test, you can deselect all. If and when you want to run a program
then,
such as Internet Explorer simply double
click on it. Remember, you are trying to find what is causing your
problem."Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 8, 1:38 pm, "Unknown" wrote:

As a test or diagnostic click start --run--type in msconfig click
startup
tab and uncheck items not to load.
Most programs will have a means to load at startup when you click on
them.
Others have a setting in the
registry that can be changed for startup. Msconfig can be used as a
diagnostic."Robert Macy" wrote in message

How do I configure what I want to run at startup?

Thank you for your reply. msconfig and the startup tab only shows 7
items.

Note: Is UniBlue Registry Booster good, or bad? In the throes of
floundering around I loaded that and scanned, thinking I was looking
for the aic78xx use, and instead got over 300 registry items that were
'wrong' The details of each looked innocuous so I've ignored that
scan until later. Did NOT take any action. Remember vaguely that it
is not good to muck about in the Registry, so have left until much
later. Should I uninstall UniBlue, or follow its Registry Cleanup
steps?

The items a
qttask
nidevmon
Reader_sl
RegistryBooster
Microsoft FindFast
Microsoft Office
Office startup

I just 'deselected' Registry Booster. Don't know what else to
deselect? I don't know what is asking for aic78xx.sys driver. Might
be that National Instruments HW Config nidevmon.exe, but honestly
don't remember what that thing is.

Should I deselect Findfast? I know it used to slow down Win98.

Regards,
Robert

Thank you for your reply. I became concerned with UniBlue's veracity
when in spite of my specifically asking for it NOT to do things, it
still does. For one example, I asked it to NOT be part of my Startup,
in spite of that request it has made itself part of my startup! Makes
me nervous when software doesn't do what I ask, uses so many
'emotional' words, and insinuates itself into my system.

I may be back for help to 'uninstall' it.

Robert

On Jan 9, 4:23*pm, "Randem" wrote:
ANY software that does not do what you ask it to do and then it goes off and
does what it wants to SHOULD be uninstalled. After all it is your computer
not theirs!!!

--
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Your Installation Specialist
The Top Inno Setup Script Generatorhttp://www.randem.com/innoscript.html

"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 9, 8:58 am, "Unknown" wrote:





As a test, you can deselect all. If and when you want to run a program
then,
such as Internet Explorer simply double
click on it. Remember, you are trying to find what is causing your
problem."Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 8, 1:38 pm, "Unknown" wrote:

As a test or diagnostic click start --run--type in msconfig click
startup
tab and uncheck items not to load.
Most programs will have a means to load at startup when you click on
them.
Others have a setting in the
registry that can be changed for startup. Msconfig can be used as a
diagnostic."Robert Macy" wrote in message

How do I configure what I want to run at startup?

Thank you for your reply. msconfig and the startup tab only shows 7
items.

Note: Is UniBlue Registry Booster good, or bad? In the throes of
floundering around I loaded that and scanned, thinking I was looking
for the aic78xx use, and instead got over 300 registry items that were
'wrong' The details of each looked innocuous so I've ignored that
scan until later. Did NOT take any action. Remember vaguely that it
is not good to muck about in the Registry, so have left until much
later. Should I uninstall UniBlue, or follow its Registry Cleanup
steps?

The items a
qttask
nidevmon
Reader_sl
RegistryBooster
Microsoft FindFast
Microsoft Office
Office startup

I just 'deselected' Registry Booster. Don't know what else to
deselect? I don't know what is asking for aic78xx.sys driver. Might
be that National Instruments HW Config nidevmon.exe, but honestly
don't remember what that thing is.

Should I deselect Findfast? I know it used to slow down Win98.

Regards,
Robert

'emotional' words, and insinuates itself into my system.

I may be back for help to 'uninstall' it.

Robert- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Three updates:

1) Of my two original problems, I found that SSDP Discovery Service
can be disabled, so I don't have to manually stop it right after
bootup just before I connect to the internet. I tried the MS version
of adding a value in the KEY Registry and setting it to 2, but that
did not work. I guess if I put in a new card, I'll have to turn the
SSDP Discovery Service back on.

2) Just as I said, Registry Booster still appears in the STARTUP list
of msconfig !! It does NOT appear as a program that can be
uninstalled?! So, I'm back here to find out how to get it OFF and out
of my machine.

3) Somehow after mucking around in the machine it now tries to
initially log me in as 'macy' instead of the old 'rmacy' [I'm the
only user on this machine] So instead of being whisked away to my
normal screen at bootup, I get a prompt that the log on has failed for
'macy', have to add the single letter, and bootup proceeds as normal.
How do I change that power up log on back to my original?

Score card: had two 'nuisance' problems. Now one is solved, but
problems have been replaced with two NUISANCE problems. Not making
much headway.

Regards,
Robert

"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...

Just as I said, Registry Booster still appears in the STARTUP list
of msconfig !! It does NOT appear as a program that can be
uninstalled?! So, I'm back here to find out how to get it OFF and
out of my machine.

What happens when you uninstall it via Control Panel | Add or Remove
Programs? Are you saying it doesn't appear in the list?

On Jan 10, 2:25*pm, "Daave" wrote:
"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...

Just as I said, Registry Booster still appears in the STARTUP list
of msconfig !! *It does NOT appear as a program that can be
uninstalled?! *So, I'm back here to find out how to get it OFF and
out of my machine.

What happens when you uninstall it via Control Panel | Add or Remove
Programs? Are you saying it doesn't appear in the list?

yes

"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...
On Jan 10, 2:25 pm, "Daave" wrote:
"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...

Just as I said, Registry Booster still appears in the STARTUP list
of msconfig !! It does NOT appear as a program that can be
uninstalled?! So, I'm back here to find out how to get it OFF and
out of my machine.

What happens when you uninstall it via Control Panel | Add or Remove
Programs? Are you saying it doesn't appear in the list?

yes

When you go to its folder in C:\Programs, do you see an uninstaller? Or
is it possible you manually deleted the files in that folder? If so, it
might be easier to reinstall, then uninstall.

On Jan 10, 3:13*pm, "Daave" wrote:
"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 10, 2:25 pm, "Daave" wrote:

"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...

Just as I said, Registry Booster still appears in the STARTUP list
of msconfig !! It does NOT appear as a program that can be
uninstalled?! So, I'm back here to find out how to get it OFF and
out of my machine.

What happens when you uninstall it via Control Panel | Add or Remove
Programs? Are you saying it doesn't appear in the list?
yes

When you go to its folder in C:\Programs, do you see an uninstaller? Or
is it possible you manually deleted the files in that folder? If so, it
might be easier to reinstall, then uninstall.

Do not see any folder containing it now ?!

Yet, msconfig shows it as one of the seven items run at Startup

One piece of good news, when XP boots up it no longer tries to use my
shorter name. So at least that appears to have fixed itself.

Is it important to only have items listed in msconfig startup that I
actually want to run? Is it possible to have accidentally uninstalled
Uniblue Regeistry Booster, or has it just gone dormant?

Except for resolving what happened with Uniblue, I'm down to only one
problem: WinXP takes waaaay too long to boot up ...unless I kill that
svchost.exe hogging all the CPU time 98 to 99 % and that svchost
seems to relate to something called DNS Cache.

Regards,
Robert

"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...
On Jan 10, 3:13 pm, "Daave" wrote:

When you go to its folder in C:\Programs, do you see an uninstaller?
Or
is it possible you manually deleted the files in that folder? If so,
it
might be easier to reinstall, then uninstall.

Do not see any folder containing it now ?!

Yet, msconfig shows it as one of the seven items run at Startup

When you originally uninstalled it, did you do it the proper way? That
is, did you use Add or Remove Programs? At any rate, the uninstallation
was done incorrectly and you still have traces of the program in your
system. I still think you should reinstall and uninstall, and if there
is still no joy, post back.

On Jan 11, 7:55*am, "Daave" wrote:
"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 10, 3:13 pm, "Daave" wrote:

When you go to its folder in C:\Programs, do you see an uninstaller?
Or
is it possible you manually deleted the files in that folder? If so,
it
might be easier to reinstall, then uninstall.
Do not see any folder containing it now ?!

Yet, msconfig shows it as one of the seven items run at Startup

When you originally uninstalled it, did you do it the proper way? That
is, did you use Add or Remove Programs? At any rate, the uninstallation
was done incorrectly and you still have traces of the program in your
system. I still think you should reinstall and uninstall, and if there
is still no joy, post back.

Yes, did the uninstall through the Control Panel

Reinstalled [which required being connected to the internet - that
always makes me nervous], rebooted, ran their Scan Registry for Errors
and found over 300+ !!

Upon investigating a major portion of them, they appear to be links to
a "google gadget" I vaguely remember deleting incorrectly, instead of
uninstalling.

However, another great portion were nonexistent links in the /recent
folder, Well, DUH! Of course they're non-existent, I deleted a set of
folders when I finished with them. Of course, the link has become
nonexistent! But as a test of the software, I selected correcting
ONLY those failed links. And of course, the software immediately
asked for money!

I don't like being sucked into trying/buying software. If you're
going to charge me, let me know ahead of time. Now they've gained an
angry recipient and every chance I get I will disparage UniBlue's
software. Especially, since I can't get it OFF my machine. For all I
know they've raided my system for info. I believed their Microsoft
Gold Partner logo. Plus, for UniBlue to not completely and cleanly
remove their own software from my system [from people who are supposed
to be Registry Experts] does not bode well for their ability to clean
my Registry without ***** up my system.

Anyway, here's what's left behind...Upon running msconfig, Uniblue
STILL appears in the STARTUP list !!

However, subtle difference between 'normal' entries and theirs, for
example, for Adobe's entry:
Startup: Reader_sl
Command: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run

Quote marks are present only around Adobe's entry.


For the recently removed UniBlue entry:
Startup: RegistryBooster
Command: C:\Program Files\Uniblue\RegistryBooster\Registry
\RegistryBooster.exe /S
Location: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

What does HKCU versus HKLM mean?

I can't find this folder, nor this file.

I want every vestige of this software OFF my machine. How do I do
that?

Regards,
Robert

On Jan 11, 11:46*am, Robert Macy wrote:
On Jan 11, 7:55*am, "Daave" wrote:





"Robert Macy" wrote in message

....
On Jan 10, 3:13 pm, "Daave" wrote:

When you go to its folder in C:\Programs, do you see an uninstaller?
Or
is it possible you manually deleted the files in that folder? If so,
it
might be easier to reinstall, then uninstall.
Do not see any folder containing it now ?!

Yet, msconfig shows it as one of the seven items run at Startup

When you originally uninstalled it, did you do it the proper way? That
is, did you use Add or Remove Programs? At any rate, the uninstallation
was done incorrectly and you still have traces of the program in your
system. I still think you should reinstall and uninstall, and if there
is still no joy, post back.

Yes, did the uninstall through the Control Panel

Reinstalled [which required being connected to the internet - that
always makes me nervous], rebooted, ran their Scan Registry for Errors
and found over 300+ !!

Upon investigating a major portion of them, they appear to be links to
a "google gadget" I vaguely remember deleting incorrectly, instead of
uninstalling.

However, another great portion were nonexistent links in the /recent
folder, Well, DUH! Of course they're non-existent, I deleted a set of
folders when I finished with them. *Of course, the link has become
nonexistent! *But as a test of the software, I selected correcting
ONLY those failed links. *And of course, the software immediately
asked for money!

I don't like being sucked into trying/buying software. *If you're
going to charge me, let me know ahead of time. *Now they've gained an
angry recipient and every chance I get I will disparage UniBlue's
software. *Especially, since I can't get it OFF my machine. *For all I
know they've raided my system for info. *I believed their Microsoft
Gold Partner logo. *Plus, for UniBlue to not completely and cleanly
remove their own software from my system [from people who are supposed
to be Registry Experts] does not bode well for their ability to clean
my Registry without ***** up my system.

Anyway, here's what's left behind...Upon running msconfig, Uniblue
STILL appears in the STARTUP list !!

However, subtle difference between 'normal' entries and theirs, for
example, for Adobe's entry:
Startup: Reader_sl
Command: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run

Quote marks are present only around Adobe's entry.

For the recently removed UniBlue entry:
Startup: RegistryBooster
Command: C:\Program Files\Uniblue\RegistryBooster\Registry
\RegistryBooster.exe /S
Location: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

What does HKCU versus HKLM mean?

I can't find this folder, nor this file.

I want every vestige of this software OFF my machine. *How do I do
that?

Regards,
Robert- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sorry to respond to my own email, but here are two corrections:
1) Adobe entry is missing information, not germaine to my problem, but
an error.
2) HKCU [as you probably knew] to HKEY Current User and there was a
lot of inofrmation stored there under UniBlue's name.

How do I completely clear every vestige of UniBlue out of my system?
It appears in the HKCU Register list and as item 4 of the 7 items
listed in STARTUP using msconfig.

I really want all there stuff OUT of my machine.

Regards,
Robert

"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...
On Jan 11, 11:46 am, Robert Macy wrote:
On Jan 11, 7:55 am, "Daave" wrote:





"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 10, 3:13 pm, "Daave" wrote:

When you go to its folder in C:\Programs, do you see an uninstaller?
Or
is it possible you manually deleted the files in that folder? If so,
it
might be easier to reinstall, then uninstall.
Do not see any folder containing it now ?!

Yet, msconfig shows it as one of the seven items run at Startup

When you originally uninstalled it, did you do it the proper way? That
is, did you use Add or Remove Programs? At any rate, the uninstallation
was done incorrectly and you still have traces of the program in your
system. I still think you should reinstall and uninstall, and if there
is still no joy, post back.

Yes, did the uninstall through the Control Panel

Reinstalled [which required being connected to the internet - that
always makes me nervous], rebooted, ran their Scan Registry for Errors
and found over 300+ !!

Upon investigating a major portion of them, they appear to be links to
a "google gadget" I vaguely remember deleting incorrectly, instead of
uninstalling.

However, another great portion were nonexistent links in the /recent
folder, Well, DUH! Of course they're non-existent, I deleted a set of
folders when I finished with them. Of course, the link has become
nonexistent! But as a test of the software, I selected correcting
ONLY those failed links. And of course, the software immediately
asked for money!

I don't like being sucked into trying/buying software. If you're
going to charge me, let me know ahead of time. Now they've gained an
angry recipient and every chance I get I will disparage UniBlue's
software. Especially, since I can't get it OFF my machine. For all I
know they've raided my system for info. I believed their Microsoft
Gold Partner logo. Plus, for UniBlue to not completely and cleanly
remove their own software from my system [from people who are supposed
to be Registry Experts] does not bode well for their ability to clean
my Registry without ***** up my system.

Anyway, here's what's left behind...Upon running msconfig, Uniblue
STILL appears in the STARTUP list !!

However, subtle difference between 'normal' entries and theirs, for
example, for Adobe's entry:
Startup: Reader_sl
Command: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run

Quote marks are present only around Adobe's entry.

For the recently removed UniBlue entry:
Startup: RegistryBooster
Command: C:\Program Files\Uniblue\RegistryBooster\Registry
\RegistryBooster.exe /S
Location: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

What does HKCU versus HKLM mean?

I can't find this folder, nor this file.

I want every vestige of this software OFF my machine. How do I do
that?

Regards,
Robert- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sorry to respond to my own email, but here are two corrections:
1) Adobe entry is missing information, not germaine to my problem, but
an error.
2) HKCU [as you probably knew] to HKEY Current User and there was a
lot of inofrmation stored there under UniBlue's name.

How do I completely clear every vestige of UniBlue out of my system?
It appears in the HKCU Register list and as item 4 of the 7 items
listed in STARTUP using msconfig.

I really want all there stuff OUT of my machine.

Regards,
Robert



If you want to weed out all of that program's entries, I use Regseeker, *not for the
registry cleaning option,but for the "Find in registry" feature.

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

You can type in Uniblue & it will search the registry for those items & give you a
listing of them along with their locations. Then you can click "Select" & a context
menu will come up allow you to go from there.
Be sure the "Backup before deletion" box is checked & it will create a .reg file in
case you want to merge them back into the registry.
It also has a "search files" box & if you check that, you can find all the files,
with that name, that may be tucked away here & there.

~Gary

On Jan 11, 8:24*pm, "Gary Brandenburg" wrote:
"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 11, 11:46 am, Robert Macy wrote:





On Jan 11, 7:55 am, "Daave" wrote:

"Robert Macy" wrote in message

....
On Jan 10, 3:13 pm, "Daave" wrote:

When you go to its folder in C:\Programs, do you see an uninstaller?
Or
is it possible you manually deleted the files in that folder? If so,
it
might be easier to reinstall, then uninstall.
Do not see any folder containing it now ?!

Yet, msconfig shows it as one of the seven items run at Startup

When you originally uninstalled it, did you do it the proper way? That
is, did you use Add or Remove Programs? At any rate, the uninstallation
was done incorrectly and you still have traces of the program in your
system. I still think you should reinstall and uninstall, and if there
is still no joy, post back.

Yes, did the uninstall through the Control Panel

Reinstalled [which required being connected to the internet - that
always makes me nervous], rebooted, ran their Scan Registry for Errors
and found over 300+ !!

Upon investigating a major portion of them, they appear to be links to
a "google gadget" I vaguely remember deleting incorrectly, instead of
uninstalling.

However, another great portion were nonexistent links in the /recent
folder, Well, DUH! Of course they're non-existent, I deleted a set of
folders when I finished with them. Of course, the link has become
nonexistent! But as a test of the software, I selected correcting
ONLY those failed links. And of course, the software immediately
asked for money!

I don't like being sucked into trying/buying software. If you're
going to charge me, let me know ahead of time. Now they've gained an
angry recipient and every chance I get I will disparage UniBlue's
software. Especially, since I can't get it OFF my machine. For all I
know they've raided my system for info. I believed their Microsoft
Gold Partner logo. Plus, for UniBlue to not completely and cleanly
remove their own software from my system [from people who are supposed
to be Registry Experts] does not bode well for their ability to clean
my Registry without ***** up my system.

Anyway, here's what's left behind...Upon running msconfig, Uniblue
STILL appears in the STARTUP list !!

However, subtle difference between 'normal' entries and theirs, for
example, for Adobe's entry:
Startup: Reader_sl
Command: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run

Quote marks are present only around Adobe's entry.

For the recently removed UniBlue entry:
Startup: RegistryBooster
Command: C:\Program Files\Uniblue\RegistryBooster\Registry
\RegistryBooster.exe /S
Location: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

What does HKCU versus HKLM mean?

I can't find this folder, nor this file.

I want every vestige of this software OFF my machine. How do I do
that?

Regards,
Robert- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sorry to respond to my own email, but here are two corrections:
1) Adobe entry is missing information, not germaine to my problem, but
an error.
2) HKCU [as you probably knew] to HKEY Current User and there was a
lot of inofrmation stored there under UniBlue's name.

How do I completely clear every vestige of UniBlue out of my system?
It appears in the HKCU Register list and as item 4 of the 7 items
listed in STARTUP using msconfig.

I really want all there stuff OUT of my machine.

Regards,
Robert

If you want to weed out all of that program's entries, I use Regseeker, *not for the
registry cleaning option,but for the "Find in registry" feature.

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

You can type in Uniblue & it will search the registry for those items & give you a
listing of them along with their locations. Then you can click "Select" & a context
menu will come up allow you to go from there.
Be sure the "Backup before deletion" box is checked & it will create a .reg file in
case you want to merge them back into the registry.
It also has a "search files" box & if you check that, you can find all the files,
with that name, that may be tucked away here & there.

~Gary- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thank you for your reply. Upon clicking on the URL, I went to Hover's
website and went to download Regseeker, only to discover I had almost
clicked on a closely, and strategically, placed ad from,...UniBlue!
Only thing that stopped me was the logo of a wrench, just didn't seem
right.

Will try out over night and post results.

Regards,
Robert

"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...
On Jan 11, 8:24 pm, "Gary Brandenburg" wrote:
"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 11, 11:46 am, Robert Macy wrote:





On Jan 11, 7:55 am, "Daave" wrote:

"Robert Macy" wrote in message

...
On Jan 10, 3:13 pm, "Daave" wrote:

When you go to its folder in C:\Programs, do you see an uninstaller?
Or
is it possible you manually deleted the files in that folder? If so,
it
might be easier to reinstall, then uninstall.
Do not see any folder containing it now ?!

Yet, msconfig shows it as one of the seven items run at Startup

When you originally uninstalled it, did you do it the proper way? That
is, did you use Add or Remove Programs? At any rate, the uninstallation
was done incorrectly and you still have traces of the program in your
system. I still think you should reinstall and uninstall, and if there
is still no joy, post back.

Yes, did the uninstall through the Control Panel

Reinstalled [which required being connected to the internet - that
always makes me nervous], rebooted, ran their Scan Registry for Errors
and found over 300+ !!

Upon investigating a major portion of them, they appear to be links to
a "google gadget" I vaguely remember deleting incorrectly, instead of
uninstalling.

However, another great portion were nonexistent links in the /recent
folder, Well, DUH! Of course they're non-existent, I deleted a set of
folders when I finished with them. Of course, the link has become
nonexistent! But as a test of the software, I selected correcting
ONLY those failed links. And of course, the software immediately
asked for money!

I don't like being sucked into trying/buying software. If you're
going to charge me, let me know ahead of time. Now they've gained an
angry recipient and every chance I get I will disparage UniBlue's
software. Especially, since I can't get it OFF my machine. For all I
know they've raided my system for info. I believed their Microsoft
Gold Partner logo. Plus, for UniBlue to not completely and cleanly
remove their own software from my system [from people who are supposed
to be Registry Experts] does not bode well for their ability to clean
my Registry without ***** up my system.

Anyway, here's what's left behind...Upon running msconfig, Uniblue
STILL appears in the STARTUP list !!

However, subtle difference between 'normal' entries and theirs, for
example, for Adobe's entry:
Startup: Reader_sl
Command: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run

Quote marks are present only around Adobe's entry.

For the recently removed UniBlue entry:
Startup: RegistryBooster
Command: C:\Program Files\Uniblue\RegistryBooster\Registry
\RegistryBooster.exe /S
Location: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

What does HKCU versus HKLM mean?

I can't find this folder, nor this file.

I want every vestige of this software OFF my machine. How do I do
that?

Regards,
Robert- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sorry to respond to my own email, but here are two corrections:
1) Adobe entry is missing information, not germaine to my problem, but
an error.
2) HKCU [as you probably knew] to HKEY Current User and there was a
lot of inofrmation stored there under UniBlue's name.

How do I completely clear every vestige of UniBlue out of my system?
It appears in the HKCU Register list and as item 4 of the 7 items
listed in STARTUP using msconfig.

I really want all there stuff OUT of my machine.

Regards,
Robert

If you want to weed out all of that program's entries, I use Regseeker, *not for
the
registry cleaning option,but for the "Find in registry" feature.

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

You can type in Uniblue & it will search the registry for those items & give you a
listing of them along with their locations. Then you can click "Select" & a context
menu will come up allow you to go from there.
Be sure the "Backup before deletion" box is checked & it will create a .reg file in
case you want to merge them back into the registry.
It also has a "search files" box & if you check that, you can find all the files,
with that name, that may be tucked away here & there.

~Gary- Hide quoted text -

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Thank you for your reply. Upon clicking on the URL, I went to Hover's
website and went to download Regseeker, only to discover I had almost
clicked on a closely, and strategically, placed ad from,...UniBlue!
Only thing that stopped me was the logo of a wrench, just didn't seem
right.

Will try out over night and post results.

Regards,
Robert




Oh wow-I didn't know that *that thing* was on there. I guess my Hosts files are
blocking the ads, since I don't see any.
Good thing you were familiar with the logo.

Here's another link to it via Majorgeeks: http://majorgeeks.com/download2579.html


I also forgot-You can select which items to remove individually, by merely clicking
on them within the results window, & use Cntrl or Shift.

Good luck!

~Gary

On Jan 12, 12:25*pm, "Gary Brandenburg" wrote:
If you want to weed out all of that program's entries, I use Regseeker, *not for
the
registry cleaning option,but for the "Find in registry" feature.

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

You can type in Uniblue & it will search the registry for those items & give you a
listing of them along with their locations. Then you can click "Select" & a context
menu will come up allow you to go from there.
Be sure the "Backup before deletion" box is checked & it will create a ..reg file in
case you want to merge them back into the registry.
It also has a "search files" box & if you check that, you can find all the files,
with that name, that may be tucked away here & there.

~Gary- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thank you for your reply. *Upon clicking on the URL, I went to Hover's
website and went to download Regseeker, only to discover I had almost
clicked on a closely, and strategically, placed ad from,...UniBlue!
Only thing that stopped me was the logo of a wrench, just didn't seem
right.

Will try out over night and post results.

Regards,
Robert

Oh wow-I didn't know that *that thing* was on there. I guess my Hosts files are
blocking the ads, since I don't see any.
Good thing you were familiar with the logo.

Here's another link to it via Majorgeeks: *http://majorgeeks.com/download2579.html

I also forgot-You can select which items to remove individually, by merely clicking
on them within the results window, & use Cntrl or Shift.

Good luck!

~Gary- Hide quoted text -

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Thank you for the URL, finally got a copy and tried it. I went
through in sections deleting all references to UniBlue. At each step,
reboot confirmed that the Registry was not broken.

Now ALL references to Uniblue are off my machine. Seems unreasonable
that their 10MB program left so much behind and the 430KB program
cleaned it all up nicely.

Now back to my first problem.

Also noticed in the event log that IPv6 Helper Service hung on bootup,
yet when I check Services later, it's running.

So I'm back to trying to find out why one of svchost.exe at bootup
hogs the machine's CPU time.

It appears to be the one that creates DNS Cache. If killed during
bootup, the WinXP is fairly fast, else slow as molasses.

Regards,
Robert