XP and Issues - What the hell is going on here?!

[Fiddlemesticks]

Having a very strange experience with xp on my computer. Basically when i run msconfig and try and change the startup programs i get a message that says:

'An Access Denied error was returned whilst attempting to change a service. You may need to long on using an Adminstrator account to make the specified changes'

The strange thing is i already have administrator status as its my own computer!

Another issue when i go to user accounts there seems to be an ASP.NET Machine down as a limited account which i have no idea as to why.

Basically how do i regain control of my computer?!

Its like Skynet on T2......

[Raify]

Fiddlemesticks said:

Another issue when i go to user accounts there seems to be an ASP.NET Machine down as a limited account which i have no idea as to why.

Basically how do i regain control of my computer?!

Its like Skynet on T2......

Not sure about the first thing, but the ASP.NET user account is nothing to be worried about. I spotted the same thing a while ago and Googled this: www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/aspdot.php

[GregE240]

Why not just do it in the Registry?

HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionRun

Thems yer startup programs

[tommundy]

www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/Autoruns.mspx

I've been using this recently, similar GUI to msconfig but it actually deletes the registry keys. No need for installation, just run it straight from the zip file and select the 'logon' tab.

Cheers
Tom

[Fiddlemesticks]

thats really helpful, thanks for your help guys.

[andygo]

tommundy said:

www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/Autoruns.mspx

I've been using this recently, similar GUI to msconfig but it actually deletes the registry keys. No need for installation, just run it straight from the zip file and select the 'logon' tab.

Cheers
Tom

Downloaded this and run it as suggested. There seems to be quite a few duplicated entries. Is it generally ok to delete these to speed up the boot process?

[tommundy]

andygo said:

tommundy said:

www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/Autoruns.mspx

I've been using this recently, similar GUI to msconfig but it actually deletes the registry keys. No need for installation, just run it straight from the zip file and select the 'logon' tab.

Cheers
Tom

Downloaded this and run it as suggested. There seems to be quite a few duplicated entries. Is it generally ok to delete these to speed up the boot process?

As long as this is in the 'logon' tab, yes, duplicated entries are okay to delete. The core ones needed that you shouldn't delete are:

rdpclip - if you are on a work computer

C:Windows/system32/userinit.exe - if you delete this windows wont load!

Explorer.exe - same as above

Then the rest below that will be optional software such as anti-virus, msn, adobe launcher etc. If you post a screen shot or e-mail me one I can give you better guidance as to how I would do it.

Cheers
Tom