hp phone home

here is another search if you wish to browse:

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl...ter+opens+boot

hi jephree ive been right through the registry and i have found didly squat wrong

any more ideas

Just found a couple more registry checks... will keep looking...

Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Look in the right pane for a value called Userinit. Its value should read:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

Including the trailing comma. If it reads anything else, double click
the Userinit value and change it. This assumes that XP is installed on
C:\Windows. If not, adjust the command line accordingly.

OR THIS:

Windows Explorer Starts When You Start Your Computer

ALSO:

Here is a statup freeware tool that might shed some light:

This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...autoruns.shtml