MSCONFIG warning suddenly appeared
I've often done start/run/msconfig to check there is nothing odd which
has been added to my system. I've never had to change anything, luckily, so have ALWAYS left the info intact. Last night I did it, and straight away it came up with this warning;- "Environment variables were found in the legacy files AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or CONFIG.SYS and the variables were moved to the Windows Registry". Help! What on earth does this mean?! Have I done something critical somewhere (inadvertently)? I swear I've not loaded any new software for over a year. I run SpyBot/AdAware etc. every few days. I never mess with things I'm not sure about. It wasn't a one-off either. Every time I start/run/msconfig now, same message (and I exit pronto!) Any suggestions gratefully noted! Thank you Chris |
MSCONFIG warning suddenly appeared
Chris,
Is it possible that you have installed a new application or driver since you last used MSConfig? If so then that application is possibly either using or accessing either autoexec.bat or config.sys when run and the system notices this and checks when opening MSConfig for any changes that program might have made to those files. I have a similar problem on a Win Me box here that has an old Ensoniq/Creative PCI128 sound card the drivers for which poll and open autoexec.bat each time the system is booted but makes no change. The result is that each time one uses MSConfig one sees the environment variable message. Other than the message it isn't a problem and it isn't as if one is using MSConfig all the time. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Chris Lynne wrote: I've often done start/run/msconfig to check there is nothing odd which has been added to my system. I've never had to change anything, luckily, so have ALWAYS left the info intact. Last night I did it, and straight away it came up with this warning;- "Environment variables were found in the legacy files AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or CONFIG.SYS and the variables were moved to the Windows Registry". Help! What on earth does this mean?! Have I done something critical somewhere (inadvertently)? I swear I've not loaded any new software for over a year. I run SpyBot/AdAware etc. every few days. I never mess with things I'm not sure about. It wasn't a one-off either. Every time I start/run/msconfig now, same message (and I exit pronto!) Any suggestions gratefully noted! Thank you Chris |
MSCONFIG warning suddenly appeared
Thanks for your reply Mike. I honestly haven't installed (or even
re-installed!) any new hardware or software for - I can't remember how long! - which is why I suspected virus/spyware/whatever. However, as you say the message isn't a problem, that's good enough for me, and I'll live with it! Thanks again Chris |
MSCONFIG warning suddenly appeared
Chris,
I think you are right to be suspicious about this since you say you have made no changes to your system. I'm not sure how best to proceed but running some online AV tests such as Trend Micro's House Call at http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall might be a good place to start. Please let us know if you find anything. -- Mike Maltby Chris Lynne wrote: Thanks for your reply Mike. I honestly haven't installed (or even re-installed!) any new hardware or software for - I can't remember how long! - which is why I suspected virus/spyware/whatever. However, as you say the message isn't a problem, that's good enough for me, and I'll live with it! |
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