I recently did a system restore on a HP 512 RAM computer with XP Home edition. The hard drive was making whirring noises and PC was running slow. After the restore, (saved data files) still get the whirring noise but not as bad. Exploring the System tools, I noticed that in the start up programs there are duplicates, one saying Default and the other NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM. Here is an example: $ncsp$ $ncsp$.inf NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup $ncsp$ $ncsp$.inf .DEFAULT Startup $winnt$ $winnt$.inf NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup $winnt$ $winnt$.inf .DEFAULT Startup 12520437 12520437.cpx NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup 12520437 12520437.cpx .DEFAULT Startup 12520850 12520850.cpx NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup 12520850 12520850.cpx .DEFAULT Startup 24wwxsp1 24wwxsp1.txt NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup 24wwxsp1 24wwxsp1.txt .DEFAULT Startup Is this right, or is there something I can do, or should? The PC seems to be working even when nothing is being done. Mike -- milkman
See your Post 18 mins into the future Russ -- Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist World Wide 24hr SBS Remote Support - http://www.SBITS.Biz Microsoft Online Services - http://www.microsoft-online-services.com "milkman2283" <milkman2283@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:B285F1FF-5E02-4508-8FA1-FD7D34142A58@microsoft.com... > I recently did a system restore on a HP 512 RAM computer with XP Home > edition. The hard drive was making whirring noises and PC was running > slow. > After the restore, (saved data files) still get the whirring noise but not > as > bad. Exploring the System tools, I noticed that in the start up programs > there are duplicates, one saying Default and the other NT > AUTHORITY/SYSTEM. > > Here is an example: > $ncsp$ $ncsp$.inf NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup > $ncsp$ $ncsp$.inf .DEFAULT Startup > $winnt$ $winnt$.inf NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup > $winnt$ $winnt$.inf .DEFAULT Startup > 12520437 12520437.cpx NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup > 12520437 12520437.cpx .DEFAULT Startup > 12520850 12520850.cpx NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup > 12520850 12520850.cpx .DEFAULT Startup > 24wwxsp1 24wwxsp1.txt NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Startup > 24wwxsp1 24wwxsp1.txt .DEFAULT Startup > > Is this right, or is there something I can do, or should? The PC seems to > be > working even when nothing is being done. > > Mike > > > -- > milkman