From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Nailed it.

It was a goofy HP Startup task that was looking for something.  NOT in the
Run/RunOnce area at all.  Deleted the startup entry, problem went away.

This goofy T20 is getting a bit speedier at each de-louse action!!  .

The bulk of the startup time now is the AOL software loading.  He's only
got 384 meg ram in this laptop.  Used to be 128.  When it got here, the
extra 256 was unseen, since it wasn't inserted all the way into the socket.
.

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Glenn M.
"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> Thanks, will look today.  Could also be from some goofy HP Software update
> gadget as well.
>
> I'll nail that puppy today.
>
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> Glenn M.
> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message
> news:46395b2e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>> news:46390843$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Ya, especially when it all initially papers AFU....
>>>
>>> Now, to re-install the printer driver, and hope that the HP Photo
>>> Gallery software cleans up (it's the full software package install).
>>> Each reboot, the installer tries to run, but fails because it can't find
>>> it's MSI package, and you can't kill it with Cancel, as it keeps
>>> retrying. Task Manager/End Task is the only way out of that seemingly
>>> endless loop.
>>
>> Regedit, and search for the executable / MSI name. If it's under any run
>> or runonce key, delete it and that should take care of it.
>>
>>
>> Antti Kurenniemi
>> (fat chance it'd be in the Startup program group, but like a sad little
>> puppy I always look there, too...)
>>
>
>

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