File 'REGDEF' not found

When firing up Windows ME, I get the above error
message: "File REGDEF not found". The system seems to work
OK, but is the message important?

Please reply to
or to newsgroup.

Thank you.

It's probably the result of cleaning a virus infestation - try this
Start|Run
type
MSCONFIG
click OK
click on the Startup tab
Click on Cleanup
Click OK out, and reboot on request.

See if that clears the problem.


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"John Atkinson" wrote in message
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When firing up Windows ME, I get the above error
message: "File REGDEF not found". The system seems to work
OK, but is the message important?

Please reply to
or to newsgroup.

Thank you.

In message , Noel Paton
writes
It's probably the result of cleaning a virus infestation - try this
Start|Run
type
MSCONFIG
click OK
click on the Startup tab
Click on Cleanup
Click OK out, and reboot on request.

See if that clears the problem.


It seems not; all I get is a message saying: "All startup items
loaded
from the Registry have been verified and obsolete items have been
removed".

Thank you for the suggestion ...




--
J Atkinson (Mr)

That's the report from MSCONFIG - what happened on the reboot?

If the error message is still there, then you need to go back into MSCONFIG
and Uncheck the offending item(s).

look here for instructions on how to clean up your startup axis, preventing
unnecessary programs loading
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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"J Atkinson (Mr)" wrote in message
...
In message , Noel Paton
writes
It's probably the result of cleaning a virus infestation - try this
Start|Run
type
MSCONFIG
click OK
click on the Startup tab
Click on Cleanup
Click OK out, and reboot on request.

See if that clears the problem.


It seems not; all I get is a message saying: "All startup items
loaded
from the Registry have been verified and obsolete items have been
removed".

Thank you for the suggestion ...




--
J Atkinson (Mr)

In message , Noel Paton
writes
That's the report from MSCONFIG - what happened on the reboot?


The error message, reporting the absence of REGDEF came up
again. No difference.


If the error message is still there, then you need to go back into MSCONFIG
and Uncheck the offending item(s).


I can't see anything in MSCONFIG about REGDEF ... I don't even
know what it is.

I've also looked in the MSoft Knowledge Base and that came up
with nothing, as did Windows Help.


look here for instructions on how to clean up your startup axis, preventing
unnecessary programs loading
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php




--
J Atkinson (Mr)

Let's start again on a different tack:

Check in Msconfig for any oddities.
(Start-Run-MSCONFIG-Startup tab)
If you cannot see anything in Msconfig then:

Start-Run-msinfo32
Click the + beside Software Environment to expand.
Click Startup Programs
Ctrl+A to Select All, Ctrl+C to Copy.
Paste that information in your message.

....Alan

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In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "John Atkinson"
wrote:

When firing up Windows ME, I get the above error
message: "File REGDEF not found". The system seems to work
OK, but is the message important?

Please reply to
or to newsgroup.

Thank you.

In message , Alan Edwards
writes
Let's start again on a different tack:

Check in Msconfig for any oddities.
(Start-Run-MSCONFIG-Startup tab)
If you cannot see anything in Msconfig then:

Start-Run-msinfo32
Click the + beside Software Environment to expand.
Click Startup Programs
Ctrl+A to Select All, Ctrl+C to Copy.
Paste that information in your message.


This is what it says:

*StateMgr c:\windows\system\restore\statemgr.exe All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Services
AccessRampMonitor 01 "c:\program files\turnpike\insight\armon32a.exe"
All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Services
ccApp "c:\program files\common files\symantec shared\ccapp.exe"
All Users HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ccEvtMgr "c:\program files\common files\symantec
shared\ccevtmgr.exe" All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Services
ccRegVfy "c:\program files\common files\symantec
shared\ccregvfy.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ClipMate5 c:\progra~1\clipma~1\clipmt53.exe .DEFAULT
Startup
InCD c:\program files\ahead\incd\incd.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
LoadPowerProfile rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,loadcurrentpwrscheme
All Users HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
LoadPowerProfile rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,loadcurrentpwrscheme
All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Services
NvCplDaemon rundll32.exe c:\windows\system\nvcpl.dll,nvstartup
All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NVIEW rundll32.exe nview.dll,nviewloadhook .DEFAULT
HKU\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer sion\Run
nwiz nwiz.exe /install All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PCHealth c:\windows\pchealth\support\pchschd.exe -s All
Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PLoader c:\program files\twinmos mobile disk tools\twinmos.exe
sys_auto_run c:\program files\twinmos mobile disk tools All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
QuickTime Task "c:\windows\system\qttask.exe" -atboottime All
Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ScanRegistry c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SchedulingAgent mstask.exe All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Services
ScriptBlocking "c:\program files\common files\symantec shared\script
blocking\sbserv.exe" -reg All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Services
SystemTray systray.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
TaskMonitor c:\windows\taskmon.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run


...Alan


--
J Atkinson (Mr)

I can't see anything out of the ordinary there.
Can you try disabling a few at a time and rebooting until you narrow
it down and report back?

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "J Atkinson (Mr)"
wrote:

In message , Alan Edwards
writes
Let's start again on a different tack:

Check in Msconfig for any oddities.
(Start-Run-MSCONFIG-Startup tab)
If you cannot see anything in Msconfig then:

Start-Run-msinfo32
Click the + beside Software Environment to expand.
Click Startup Programs
Ctrl+A to Select All, Ctrl+C to Copy.
Paste that information in your message.


This is what it says:

*StateMgr c:\windows\system\restore\statemgr.exe All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru nServices
AccessRampMonitor 01 "c:\program files\turnpike\insight\armon32a.exe"
All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru nServices
ccApp "c:\program files\common files\symantec shared\ccapp.exe"
All Users HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ccEvtMgr "c:\program files\common files\symantec
shared\ccevtmgr.exe" All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru nServices
ccRegVfy "c:\program files\common files\symantec
shared\ccregvfy.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
ClipMate5 c:\progra~1\clipma~1\clipmt53.exe .DEFAULT
Startup
InCD c:\program files\ahead\incd\incd.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
LoadPowerProfile rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,loadcurrentpwrscheme
All Users HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
LoadPowerProfile rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,loadcurrentpwrscheme
All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru nServices
NvCplDaemon rundll32.exe c:\windows\system\nvcpl.dll,nvstartup
All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
NVIEW rundll32.exe nview.dll,nviewloadhook .DEFAULT
HKU\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Run
nwiz nwiz.exe /install All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
PCHealth c:\windows\pchealth\support\pchschd.exe -s All
Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
PLoader c:\program files\twinmos mobile disk tools\twinmos.exe
sys_auto_run c:\program files\twinmos mobile disk tools All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
QuickTime Task "c:\windows\system\qttask.exe" -atboottime All
Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
ScanRegistry c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
SchedulingAgent mstask.exe All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru nServices
ScriptBlocking "c:\program files\common files\symantec shared\script
blocking\sbserv.exe" -reg All Users
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru nServices
SystemTray systray.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n
TaskMonitor c:\windows\taskmon.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n


...Alan

In message , Alan Edwards
writes
I can't see anything out of the ordinary there.
Can you try disabling a few at a time and rebooting until you narrow
it down and report back?


I should be able to ask Microsoft themselves as a purchaser of their
product ... I'll send an email.

Meanwhile, something else has appeared that puzzles me -

I use Windows ME; on the bottom row of the screen is an item
that says it is "UMBD v. 2.001_42". The title of the little screen
is "UMSD". When I right-click on it and choose 'Close', it
doesn't close. Does anyone know what it is and what is the
'Progress Information' all about?

(As I write this, it isn't there; but I've seen it today. It comes
and
goes.)

I strongly suspect that this, whatever it is, should not in fact be
there ... maybe it's somehow connected with the 'REGDEF'
problem?


...Alan


--
J Atkinson (Mr)

http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/detail.php?id=2073
would seem likely?


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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"J Atkinson (Mr)" wrote in message
news
In message , Alan Edwards
writes
I can't see anything out of the ordinary there.
Can you try disabling a few at a time and rebooting until you narrow
it down and report back?


I should be able to ask Microsoft themselves as a purchaser of their
product ... I'll send an email.

Meanwhile, something else has appeared that puzzles me -

I use Windows ME; on the bottom row of the screen is an item
that says it is "UMBD v. 2.001_42". The title of the little screen
is "UMSD". When I right-click on it and choose 'Close', it
doesn't close. Does anyone know what it is and what is the
'Progress Information' all about?

(As I write this, it isn't there; but I've seen it today. It comes
and
goes.)

I strongly suspect that this, whatever it is, should not in fact be
there ... maybe it's somehow connected with the 'REGDEF'
problem?


...Alan


--
J Atkinson (Mr)