Re: autochk command

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Many thanks.

I tried to edit the registry in a dedicated utility program and it wouldn't
let me do it for these keys. I then tried Regedit and it was OK.

Cheers


"Steve N." <me@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:qV4de.2012$BE3.1319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Nige wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> As WinXP loads I get the error "utocheck not found. Skipping autocheck".
>>
>> I have noted that my registry key
>> BootExecute in
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager
>>
>> has the data value "autocheck autochk *"
>>
>> but the keys
>> BootExecute in
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Session Manager
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet004\Control\Session Manager
>> and
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet001\Control\Session Manager
>>
>> all have the data value "autocheck utocheck au"
>>
>> If I add a copy of the autochk.exe file to Windows\System32 and name it
>> "utocheck" the error disappears but it then takes some 15 seconds to
>> continue booting presumably while its determining that the parameter "au"
>> is not recognised or something like that.
>>
>> It seems there is some corruption here and all the "utocheck au" values
>> should read "autochk *".
>> Anyone any ideas how I an clear this problem up?
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Nigel Callen
>
> Correct the other registry entries to match that in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager and rename
> the file back to autochk.exe
>
> Steve
>


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