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XP runs cmd.exe in dos window?

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blackhead

Flightless Bird
When I boot up Windows XP, it gets to showing the desktop, but the a
Dos window pops up that tells me it's running cmd.exe from the sys32
directory , before disappearing again. I don't recall it ever doing
this before, so is it normal, but I've never noticed before?
 
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philo

Flightless Bird
blackhead wrote:
> When I boot up Windows XP, it gets to showing the desktop, but the a
> Dos window pops up that tells me it's running cmd.exe from the sys32
> directory , before disappearing again. I don't recall it ever doing
> this before, so is it normal, but I've never noticed before?




No , not normal

unless it's a one time occurrence after installing some software

something is being run...possibly malware

You should investigate what's going on
 
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David H. Lipman

Flightless Bird
From: "blackhead" <larryharson@softhome.net>

| When I boot up Windows XP, it gets to showing the desktop, but the a
| Dos window pops up that tells me it's running cmd.exe from the sys32
| directory , before disappearing again. I don't recall it ever doing
| this before, so is it normal, but I've never noticed before?

There is no DOS in WinXP.

CMD.EXE is the advanced batch interpreter of Windows XP and emulates DOS.

There is a BAT file that ran at boot up causing CMD.EXE to be executed and ran that batch
process thus the command prompt console windows you saw.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
 
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Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"blackhead" <larryharson@softhome.net> wrote in message
news:422df347-e97c-4d52-bd9b-49316f1249ec@d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> When I boot up Windows XP, it gets to showing the desktop, but the a
> Dos window pops up that tells me it's running cmd.exe from the sys32
> directory , before disappearing again. I don't recall it ever doing
> this before, so is it normal, but I've never noticed before?


Have a look at your two Startup folders, or else examine the items under the
Startup tab under msconfig.exe.
 
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