Re: A 'GoTo' message at boot time ~ what is it for?

From: Moshup Trail (nobody_at_but.me)
Date: 09/05/04


Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 16:48:55 -0400

bottom-posted:
"Wayne G. Dengel" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:XGJ_c.2131$Va5.202@trnddc01...
> Will:
>
> I respectfully submit, the noted link takes us to a number of companies
who
> want to sell something.
>
> Is this Microsoft's answer to a "problem" that goes back to the time of
> install?
>
> Regards,
> Wayne
>
>
> "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:pYI_c.347$Ux5.118@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> > Hi
> >
> > See if the following link helps:
> >
> >
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Please+go+to+the+Control+Panel+to+install+and+configure+system+components&btnG=Search
> >
> > --
> >
> > Will Denny
> > MVP - Windows Shell/User
> > Please reply to the News Groups
> >
> >
> > "Wayne G. Dengel" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:NVI_c.2246$x12.748@trnddc05...
> > > Each and every time XP-Home is either restarted or cold-booted, there
is
> a
> > > message:
> > >
> > > "Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system
> > > components".
> > >
> > > (This msg has appeared since XP was installed.)
> > >
> > > I click OK; the window closes and things proceed normally.
> > >
> > > Machine and apps see to all work fine.
> > >
> > > What is this message telling me? How do I get rid of it.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Wayne
I hunted through the posts and finally found one that pointed to existence
of a file called autorun.inf in the root of C: The respondent reported that
renaming the file eliminated the problem. good luck. mt



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