Start Up Problems

[trajillo]

Hey i seem to have a problem with my icons in my system tray...during start up some of them dont even load. then i went to msnconfig and i found out that something keeps changing it to Selective Startup with "Load Startup Items" unchecked..i think... then i set it to Normal Startup and the reboot and the icons are all there...does anyone know what is doing this.. i ran all the anti spware programs and antivirus and they picked up some spyware but when i delete them its still the same..

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/3183/boot2gb.jpg

[whiterook-2]

try the event log, and see what's starting up, that changes it.

microsoft diagnosis (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmc_str_zrdq.asp)

might help ?

[tesco]

you can disable them from loading in msoonfig.

whenever you use msconfig to disable a program from starting up it changes the mode to selective startup.
If you cahnge it back to normal startup it's going to make everything startup that you disabled...

[gildan2020]

erm...lemme get this straight
are u saying that everytime u restart ur comp, the msconfig will always go back to Selective Startup?....no matter how many times u try to put it to Normal Startup?


gildan2020

[backlash]

I'd permanently remove items from startup instead of just disabling them via msonfig. Try regcleaner to remove them.

[Chewie]

@ Rossco & backlash:
He knows what msconfig does but it's not him disabling items in there - he want's to know what is.

@ trajillo:
Download and run Hijackthis, scan and save a logfile, then post it here.