Start up problem

I reformatted my hard drive and installed Windows XP pro back in March
Ever since, each time I start my computer, the desktop loads and about 30
seconds later the Windows Installer program then tries to run twice. It doesn't
say what it's trying to install and after a few seconds disappears - all then works
normally. This is more annoying than anything else - has anyone encoutered this
themselves or have any ideas how to stop this happening

Thanks

"Mawds" wrote:

I reformatted my hard drive and installed Windows XP pro back in March
Ever since, each time I start my computer, the desktop loads and about 30
seconds later the Windows Installer program then tries to run twice. It doesn't
say what it's trying to install and after a few seconds disappears - all then works
normally. This is more annoying than anything else - has anyone encoutered this
themselves or have any ideas how to stop this happening

Check your startup settings to find out what is causing this.
Applications that start with Windows can be found he
- the WIN.INI, section [windows], entries "run=" and "load="
- the Registry keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServices
- the folders
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{username}\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
See also "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows
XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560) and "How to Perform a
Clean Boot in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353).

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