Carol,

There's nothing there that is creating the ff tmp files you are seeing
despite you saying that they are created each time you boot your system.
Do a pair of these ff files get created if you boot your PC and then do
nothing more than let it run for five minutes and then shutdown? If no
then it isn't a start up entry that is creating the files but rather an
application that you use virtually every time you use your PC. Sorry not
to be able to finger the culprit and I feel you are going to have to do
the detective work yourself to establish which of your applications is
creating the files. I'm inclined to think that it might be Internet
Explorer or that you have a process running that you aren't aware of.

You might want to try using a process viewer such as the old WinTop (part
of the equally old Win95 Powertools available from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/d...oy/Default.asp)
or SysInternals Process Explorer (www.sysinternals.com to enable you to
see all the processes that are running on your PC at any time.
--
Mike Maltby



caroloyl wrote:

Hi Mike

Thanks for sticking with me :-))

On the startup tab I have going:
$Volumouse$ (had this for a couple of years--great little app)
Desktop Architect (had this since 2001--ditto)
ScanRegistry
TaskMonitor
SystemTray
LoadPowerProfile
avast! Web Scanner
Tweak UI
LoadPowerProfile (again)
SchedulingAgent
*StateMgr
avast!
KB891711
DKService (Diskeeper)
Dialog Box Assistant (been using this handy app for years too)

Unchecked and disabled a
InstantAccess (TextBridge)
RegisterDropHandler (ditto TB)
C-Media Mixer
PCHealth
RegisterDropHandler(TextBridge again)
Microsoft Find Fast (installed with Word 97)
Office Startup (ditto)

These seven apps always show in the Close Program dialog:
Explorer
Osdex (another name for Dialog Box Assistant)
Datray (Desktop Architect)
Systray
Dkservice
Volumouse
Ashwebsv (avast! Web Scanner)

Nothing new or untested here :-\

carol


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Am I stuck with this?

Yes until you remove the program that is creating these files which
99.9% of the time is the machine debug manager (mdm.exe). What do
you have listed and checked in MSConfig | Startup?
--
Mike Maltby



caroloyl wrote:

Hi Mike

Yup, "Disable script debugging" is checked on IE's Internet
Options/Advanced tab.

Since I rarely receive PowerPoint files, I uninstalled the
PowerPoint Viewer yesterday via Add/Remove but it made absolutely no
difference--I'm still getting two new fff files with every boot. So
if the PPV is the culprit it's made some change that doesn't revert!
Am I stuck with this?
Certainly can't restore to January 18th :-b

carol



"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Carol,

Have you tried disabling script debugging as I suggested?

Should I maybe uninstall the PPV and see if
the fff's go away?

That rather depends on which is the more inconvenient, not being
able to view PowerPoint files or having to occasionally delete the
unwanted fff tmp files. A decision only you can make. vbg.
--
Mike Maltby



caroloyl wrote:

Hi Mike

Thanks for responding :-) . . . but as I said I just don't have
Mdm.exe anywhere--not in the task manager, not on the startup tab
of msconfig, not in the registry, not in the startup folder, not
on any of my three hard drives. Two full searches have come up
empty and I do have all hidden files visible (because I like to
delete the old bloated Thumbs.db's whenever I prune the contents
of image folders). "Show hidden files and folders" is ticked and
"Hide protected operating system files" is unchecked. I've never
installed Office 2000--only have Word 97 and Works 4.0.3.458. I
don't have VisualStudio whatever that is--but . . . I do have
the PowerPoint Viewer version 11.0.5703.0 and four new fff files
in my Windows folder with today's date on them (powered up twice).

Of the hundreds of fff files I've removed from the Windows folder
(but haven't permanently deleted) two are dated a few minutes
after I installed the PPViewer on January 18. All of the others
began appearing April 19 and are continuing to be created even
today (I did receive a PowerPoint presentation as an attachment
from a relative on April 7th--don't know when I viewed it
though). But I do not have the Mdm.exe program anywhere on my
computer, honest!--unless it's part of PPTVIEW.EXE? Should I
maybe uninstall the PPV and see if the fff's go away? If Mdm.exe
is the only program that creates those files then something
baffling is going on!