Over the last few days, immediately after boot up, a small window pops up on
my desktop.

It's title is "Preparing to Move".

It APPEARS to do precisely nothing and disappears, not to be seen again
until I next boot up!

Anybody got an idea what this is all about? Only seems to have been
appearing over, say, the last week.

OS is Vista Home Premium-64 bit.

Look forward with interest to any comments,

Regards,

--
GPN

Event Viewer say's what ?

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Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Graham Newey" <GrahamNewey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B85F7C79-97F1-4C3A-98D0-CC967DE15D75@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Over the last few days, immediately after boot up, a small window pops up on
> my desktop.
>
> It's title is "Preparing to Move".
>
> It APPEARS to do precisely nothing and disappears, not to be seen again
> until I next boot up!
>
> Anybody got an idea what this is all about? Only seems to have been
> appearing over, say, the last week.
>
> OS is Vista Home Premium-64 bit.
>
> Look forward with interest to any comments,
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> GPN[/color]

Dear Peter,

Thanks for rapid response.

As will become evident, I am a COMPLETE newbie as far as Vista is concerned.

My immediate reaction to your post was---"What is this guy talking about?"!!

Anyway, I've found "Event Viewer", (an achievement in itself), and to be
brutally frank, I'm none the wiser.

Obviously, I need to study the "EW "Help" file, but in the meantime if you
could possibly give me a few pointers (in words of one syllable) about using
this tool to deal with my little problem I would be extremely grateful.

When I started the comp this time I waited for the window to appear so that
I could provide a bit more info on its contents. It DIDN'T appear! Sods law I
suppose!!

BTW without wishing to appear totally thick I didn't really understand the
instruction to "Reply to Newsgroup".

Regards,

--
GPN


"Peter Foldes" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Event Viewer say's what ?
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Graham Newey" <GrahamNewey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B85F7C79-97F1-4C3A-98D0-CC967DE15D75@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Over the last few days, immediately after boot up, a small window pops up on
> > my desktop.
> >
> > It's title is "Preparing to Move".
> >
> > It APPEARS to do precisely nothing and disappears, not to be seen again
> > until I next boot up!
> >
> > Anybody got an idea what this is all about? Only seems to have been
> > appearing over, say, the last week.
> >
> > OS is Vista Home Premium-64 bit.
> >
> > Look forward with interest to any comments,
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > GPN[/color]
>
>[/color]

Graham Newey wrote:
[color=blue]
> My immediate reaction to your post was---"What is this guy talking
> about?"!!
>
> Anyway, I've found "Event Viewer", (an achievement in itself), and to be
> brutally frank, I'm none the wiser.
>
> Obviously, I need to study the "EW "Help" file, but in the meantime if you
> could possibly give me a few pointers (in words of one syllable) about
> using this tool to deal with my little problem I would be extremely
> grateful.
>
> When I started the comp this time I waited for the window to appear so
> that I could provide a bit more info on its contents. It DIDN'T appear!
> Sods law I suppose!!
>
> BTW without wishing to appear totally thick I didn't really understand the
> instruction to "Reply to Newsgroup".[/color]

Event Viewer will often give a clue to what has been happening with the
system. You highlight Application or System in the left pane and entries
will appear in the right pane. If there are red or yellow warnings, you
double-click on one to see what it is. While it might not be clear to you,
the error can then be Googled or posted back here for more help.

Since the problem seems to have disappeared, you can stop worrying about it.
If it comes back or for future problems of a like nature, here is the normal
troubleshooting path:

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: If the problem is new, what changed
between the time things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware[/url]

If you can't immediately answer The First Question and solve the problem
that way, then go through the steps at the link to answer The Second
Question. For a preliminary answer you might want to skip running Multi-AV
if you have a good antivirus installed already, but don't skip the
maintenance preparation and scanning with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM).

If the computer is completely virus/malware-free and running MBAM didn't
solve the issue, do clean-boot troubleshooting to find out what is running at
Startup.

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista -
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;929135[/url]

The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup -
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx[/url]

The "Reply to Newsgroup" is part of Mr. Foldes' signature and not part of
his answer to you. It means in effect, "don't send me a personal email -
reply to the newsgroup instead".

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ[/url]

Dear Malke,

Very much obliged by your detailed response.

I have printed it, will attempt to digest it, and after a 2 hour lie down in
a darkened room, will see what progress I make!

Will advise further,

Regards,


--
GPN


"Malke" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Graham Newey wrote:
>[color=green]
> > My immediate reaction to your post was---"What is this guy talking
> > about?"!!
> >
> > Anyway, I've found "Event Viewer", (an achievement in itself), and to be
> > brutally frank, I'm none the wiser.
> >
> > Obviously, I need to study the "EW "Help" file, but in the meantime if you
> > could possibly give me a few pointers (in words of one syllable) about
> > using this tool to deal with my little problem I would be extremely
> > grateful.
> >
> > When I started the comp this time I waited for the window to appear so
> > that I could provide a bit more info on its contents. It DIDN'T appear!
> > Sods law I suppose!!
> >
> > BTW without wishing to appear totally thick I didn't really understand the
> > instruction to "Reply to Newsgroup".[/color]
>
> Event Viewer will often give a clue to what has been happening with the
> system. You highlight Application or System in the left pane and entries
> will appear in the right pane. If there are red or yellow warnings, you
> double-click on one to see what it is. While it might not be clear to you,
> the error can then be Googled or posted back here for more help.
>
> Since the problem seems to have disappeared, you can stop worrying about it.
> If it comes back or for future problems of a like nature, here is the normal
> troubleshooting path:
>
> The First Question Of Troubleshooting: If the problem is new, what changed
> between the time things worked and the time they didn't?
>
> The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
> status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
> versions) did you use to determine this?
>
> Be sure the computer is clean:
> [url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware[/url]
>
> If you can't immediately answer The First Question and solve the problem
> that way, then go through the steps at the link to answer The Second
> Question. For a preliminary answer you might want to skip running Multi-AV
> if you have a good antivirus installed already, but don't skip the
> maintenance preparation and scanning with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM).
>
> If the computer is completely virus/malware-free and running MBAM didn't
> solve the issue, do clean-boot troubleshooting to find out what is running at
> Startup.
>
> How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista -
> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;929135[/url]
>
> The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup -
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx[/url]
>
> The "Reply to Newsgroup" is part of Mr. Foldes' signature and not part of
> his answer to you. It means in effect, "don't send me a personal email -
> reply to the newsgroup instead".
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> [url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ[/url]
>
>[/color]

--
GPN


"Malke" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Graham Newey wrote:
>[color=green]
> > My immediate reaction to your post was---"What is this guy talking
> > about?"!!
> >
> > Anyway, I've found "Event Viewer", (an achievement in itself), and to be
> > brutally frank, I'm none the wiser.
> >
> > Obviously, I need to study the "EW "Help" file, but in the meantime if you
> > could possibly give me a few pointers (in words of one syllable) about
> > using this tool to deal with my little problem I would be extremely
> > grateful.
> >
> > When I started the comp this time I waited for the window to appear so
> > that I could provide a bit more info on its contents. It DIDN'T appear!
> > Sods law I suppose!!
> >
> > BTW without wishing to appear totally thick I didn't really understand the
> > instruction to "Reply to Newsgroup".[/color]
>
> Event Viewer will often give a clue to what has been happening with the
> system. You highlight Application or System in the left pane and entries
> will appear in the right pane. If there are red or yellow warnings, you
> double-click on one to see what it is. While it might not be clear to you,
> the error can then be Googled or posted back here for more help.
>
> Since the problem seems to have disappeared, you can stop worrying about it.
> If it comes back or for future problems of a like nature, here is the normal
> troubleshooting path:
>
> The First Question Of Troubleshooting: If the problem is new, what changed
> between the time things worked and the time they didn't?
>
> The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
> status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
> versions) did you use to determine this?
>
> Be sure the computer is clean:
> [url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware[/url]
>
> If you can't immediately answer The First Question and solve the problem
> that way, then go through the steps at the link to answer The Second
> Question. For a preliminary answer you might want to skip running Multi-AV
> if you have a good antivirus installed already, but don't skip the
> maintenance preparation and scanning with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM).
>
> If the computer is completely virus/malware-free and running MBAM didn't
> solve the issue, do clean-boot troubleshooting to find out what is running at
> Startup.
>
> How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista -
> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;929135[/url]
>
> The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup -
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx[/url]
>
> The "Reply to Newsgroup" is part of Mr. Foldes' signature and not part of
> his answer to you. It means in effect, "don't send me a personal email -
> reply to the newsgroup instead".
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> [url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ[/url]
>
>[/color]

On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:28:02 -0700, Graham Newey wrote:
[color=blue]
> Over the last few days, immediately after boot up, a small window pops up on
> my desktop.
>
> It's title is "Preparing to Move".
>
> It APPEARS to do precisely nothing and disappears, not to be seen again
> until I next boot up!
>
> Anybody got an idea what this is all about? Only seems to have been
> appearing over, say, the last week.
>
> OS is Vista Home Premium-64 bit.
>
> Look forward with interest to any comments,
>
> Regards,[/color]

To add to the other replies, here is how I interpret your symptoms:

Some program is (or was, I guess) running during the start-up of your
computer that was moving a file or set of files from one place to another.
The message you saw was put up by the system as part of doing that process.

It might relate to an incomplete installation of some software, and it
might have gone away because the installation finally completed
successfully.

I can't be totally sure that what I said is exactly correct, but it fits
well with my experience.

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Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom