Spyware? Get adaware to remove it. It'll be a start.
My brother told me about that. You think that`s what it is?? How can ads screw up your boot system though?
I agree. Remove the spyware.
And I don't know about XP, but in 98 I went into the msconfig and removed a bunch of programs from the start menu. Computer fires up much faster and runs smoother.
In case anyone want to do this, here are the steps in Windows98
START
RUN
TYPE msconfig in the box
CLICK OK
CLICK STARTUP tab.
UNCHECK programs you don't use.
(If in doubt, leave it)
After the thread last week, I added Spy Sweeper to Adware and Spybot. I was FLOORED by how many Spy Sweeper found; and I keep a generally "clean" hard drive (or so I thought.)