"steve" <leighton_steve@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0dbc01c3aeac$ce284760$a401280a@phx.gbl...
Examine all your startup tasks with the tools from
these links, then turn them off selectively until you
find the culprit:
AutoRuns from http://www.sysinternals.com
StartupCPL: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

I downloaded startup and everything is normal, nothing out
of the ordinary. I am still getting this error. The msg is:

cannot find the file 'copy' (or one of its components).
Make sure the path and file name are correct and that all
required libraries are available.

Thanks again

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One of your startup tasks is trying to execute something like
"copy.exe" or "c:\winnt\system32\copy". There is no such
command file - copy is an internal command to the Command
Processor.


"steve" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Very true pegasus, but this was the error msg I was
getting, and I believe that I have found the problem: at
the site you indicated: StartupCPL:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml mr. Lin (19 year old
MIT)(COOL) has another pgm called startupmonitor and it
stoped a pgm that was trying to execute a copy cmd, come
to find out it was the WINSHOW an add virus. I looked this
up at Symantec and they indicated to download the latest
definitions and run a scan (I call it a SCAM) needles to
say it did not pick up on the virus and I had to manually
delete it from the registry. I hope this solves my issue.

Once again Pegasus I appreciate all of your efforts and if
it was not for you pointing me in the correct path, I
probably would still be scraching my head.

PS: Symantec sucks... LOL

Thanks again