My laptop has developed a problem where the System Configuration Utility
dialog box appears at every boot. I'm running XP Home edition. This occurs
even though I've selected "Normal" startup. Also, I can check the box to not
show this dialog box again, yet it continues to appear. After appearing, it
will tell me that I must reboot for the changes to become effective.

I've run spyware detectors and antivirus scanners but have come up with
nothing. I downloaded a program Startup Monitor to see if it would identify
anything. The message that I get upon boot with it is: "The program MSConfig
has registered the executable
C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe/auto to run at system
startup"

Any thoughts about what might be going on?

Thanks for your help.

Well untick that entry or delete it

"Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:156B4506-920E-439D-90AA-1F155D037C3D@microsoft.com...
> My laptop has developed a problem where the System Configuration Utility
> dialog box appears at every boot. I'm running XP Home edition. This occurs
> even though I've selected "Normal" startup. Also, I can check the box to
> not
> show this dialog box again, yet it continues to appear. After appearing,
> it
> will tell me that I must reboot for the changes to become effective.
>
> I've run spyware detectors and antivirus scanners but have come up with
> nothing. I downloaded a program Startup Monitor to see if it would
> identify
> anything. The message that I get upon boot with it is: "The program
> MSConfig
> has registered the executable
> C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe/auto to run at system
> startup"
>
> Any thoughts about what might be going on?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

That entry doesn't exist.

"DL" wrote:

> Well untick that entry or delete it
>
> "Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:156B4506-920E-439D-90AA-1F155D037C3D@microsoft.com...
> > My laptop has developed a problem where the System Configuration Utility
> > dialog box appears at every boot. I'm running XP Home edition. This occurs
> > even though I've selected "Normal" startup. Also, I can check the box to
> > not
> > show this dialog box again, yet it continues to appear. After appearing,
> > it
> > will tell me that I must reboot for the changes to become effective.
> >
> > I've run spyware detectors and antivirus scanners but have come up with
> > nothing. I downloaded a program Startup Monitor to see if it would
> > identify
> > anything. The message that I get upon boot with it is: "The program
> > MSConfig
> > has registered the executable
> > C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe/auto to run at system
> > startup"
> >
> > Any thoughts about what might be going on?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
>
>
>

Then PCHealth check has added the entry in one of the other register
startups

"Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:482A6BA7-8BC0-4528-B113-78A96F13AC0E@microsoft.com...
> That entry doesn't exist.
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Well untick that entry or delete it
>>
>> "Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:156B4506-920E-439D-90AA-1F155D037C3D@microsoft.com...
>> > My laptop has developed a problem where the System Configuration
>> > Utility
>> > dialog box appears at every boot. I'm running XP Home edition. This
>> > occurs
>> > even though I've selected "Normal" startup. Also, I can check the box
>> > to
>> > not
>> > show this dialog box again, yet it continues to appear. After
>> > appearing,
>> > it
>> > will tell me that I must reboot for the changes to become effective.
>> >
>> > I've run spyware detectors and antivirus scanners but have come up with
>> > nothing. I downloaded a program Startup Monitor to see if it would
>> > identify
>> > anything. The message that I get upon boot with it is: "The program
>> > MSConfig
>> > has registered the executable
>> > C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe/auto to run at system
>> > startup"
>> >
>> > Any thoughts about what might be going on?
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Use Autoruns to find exactly where it starts from.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx

[The download link is on the top right of the page.]

"Steve" wrote:

> My laptop has developed a problem where the System Configuration Utility
> dialog box appears at every boot. I'm running XP Home edition. This occurs
> even though I've selected "Normal" startup. Also, I can check the box to not
> show this dialog box again, yet it continues to appear. After appearing, it
> will tell me that I must reboot for the changes to become effective.
>
> I've run spyware detectors and antivirus scanners but have come up with
> nothing. I downloaded a program Startup Monitor to see if it would identify
> anything. The message that I get upon boot with it is: "The program MSConfig
> has registered the executable
> C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe/auto to run at system
> startup"
>
> Any thoughts about what might be going on?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>