Windows - no disk error message help please

albertross_2

Start with these sections:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

happyhero

Hope you can make sense of this because I'm a bit at a loss with this lot

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
+ ctfmon.exe CTF Loader Microsoft Corporation c:\windows\system32\ctfmon.exe
+ H/PC Connection Agent Connection Manager Microsoft Corporation c:\program files\microsoft activesync\wcescomm.exe
+ IncrediMail IncrediMail Tray Application IncrediMail, Ltd. c:\program files\incredimail\bin\incmail.exe
+ LDM c:\program files\logitech\desktop messenger\8876480\program\backweb-8876480.exe
+ MSMSGS Windows Messenger Microsoft Corporation c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe
+ NvMediaCenter NVIDIA Media Center Library NVIDIA Corporation c:\windows\system32\nvmctray.dll
+ Orange Desktop Search Orange Desktop Search France Telecom SA c:\program files\desktop search uk\desktopsearchuk.exe
+ Skype Skype. The whole world can talk for free. Skype Technologies S.A. c:\program files\skype\phone\skype.exe
+ SpySweeper Spy Sweeper Webroot Software, Inc. c:\program files\webroot\spy sweeper\spysweeper.exe
+ Wanadoo Desktop Search Orange Desktop Search France Telecom SA c:\program files\desktop search uk\desktopsearchuk.exe


cant find any that are "Run Once" don't know if that is significant (even done a search for the word "once" and nothing came up at all)


HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
+ Agent PowerCinema Scheduler Agent CyberLink c:\program files\medion\powercinema\my_tv\agent.exe
+ AVG7_CC AVG Control Center GRISOFT, s.r.o. c:\program files\grisoft\avg free\avgcc.exe
+ BluetoothAuthenticationAgent Bluetooth Control Panel Applet Microsoft Corporation c:\windows\system32\bthprops.cpl
+ CapFax Surveillance Capture Fax BVRP Software c:\program files\classic phonetools\capfax.exe
+ DECTWinApp USB GEAR Software Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd. c:\program files\panasonic\usb gear\dectwinapp.exe
+ Dit c:\windows\dit.exe
+ EM_EXEC Control Center Logitech Inc. c:\program files\logitech\mouseware\system\em_exec.exe
+ LDM c:\program files\logitech\desktop messenger\8876480\program\backweb-8876480.exe
+ LogMeIn GUI LogMeIn Desktop Application LogMeIn, Inc. c:\program files\logmein\logmeinsystray.exe
+ Microsoft Works Update Detection Microsoft® Works Update Detection Microsoft® Corporation c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\works shared\wkufind.exe
+ MpsOnn Canon MP Printer Driver CANON INC. c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\mpsonn.exe
+ NeroCheck NeroCheck Ahead Software Gmbh c:\windows\system32\nerocheck.exe
+ NvCplDaemon NVIDIA Display Properties Extension NVIDIA Corporation c:\windows\system32\nvcpl.dll
+ nwiz NVIDIA nView Wizard, Version 52.16 NVIDIA Corporation c:\windows\system32\nwiz.exe
+ QuickTime Task QuickTime Task Apple Computer, Inc. c:\program files\quicktime\qttask.exe
+ SoundMan Avance Sound Manager Avance Logic, Inc. C:\WINDOWS\soundman.exe
+ SpeedTouch USB Diagnostics SpeedTouch Statistics THOMSON c:\program files\thomson\speedtouch usb\dragdiag.exe
+ SunJavaUpdateSched Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition binary Sun Microsystems, Inc. c:\program files\java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\jusched.exe
+ WinampAgent c:\program files\winamp\winampa.exe
+ zBrowser Launcher iTouch Application Logitech Inc. c:\program files\logitech\itouch\itouch.exe


C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
+ BlueSoleil.lnk Bluetooth Application IVT Corporation c:\program files\ivt corporation\bluesoleil\bluesoleil.exe
+ Detector.lnk c:\tbridge\flatbed.exe
+ Freeserve Connection Kit.lnk Micro Dialler for Freeserve Hewlett Packard c:\freeserve\freeserveconnectionkit\atdialler1.exe
+ Logitech Desktop Messenger.lnk LDMConf MFC Application c:\program files\logitech\desktop messenger\8876480\program\ldmconf.exe
+ Microsoft Office.lnk Microsoft Office XP component Microsoft Corporation c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\osa.ex

albertross_2

after making sure that system restore is turned on, try unticking the dit.exe entry in autoruns, then reboot.

happyhero

I already tried this with dit.exe in the msconfig and I know the problem will dissapear whilst this is not running. But it tells you this is a required file it says

("dit.exe" is a MultiCard reader tool. It is required to assign drive icons and names to flash memory cards)

Isn't this like saying there is fault with my lights and turning the light switch off and saying there you go the fault has gone since the lights are off and so is the switch, ie isn't it just masking the problem.

I thought it was dit.exe so i tried diabling everything in msconfig except dit.exe and then slowly one by one enabling things. I thought I had it when I was left with 2 causing the fault. Skype and a file for my flatbed scanner would each bring up the fault independently. So I thought bingo I have it but then I retstarted with the two suspected culprits unticked and the fault came up. I was ready to bang my head on the table, I can tell you.

I do have a multi camera card thingy in the front of my PC by the way.

Sorry not trying to be awkward.

Chippy_Minton

On that link I posted one simple solution was to (re)install Norton Internet Security, activate it (register it online I guess) and then uninstall it. Try that!

albertross_2

I'm confused, does disabling dit fix it?

If so, disable it, and run it manually if you need to put a card in.

happyhero

yes disabling dit will fix it but what I am trying to say is if you then ever run dit again the fault will reappear because it has not been found.

As I said above I disabled everything in msconfig EXCEPT dit and there was no fault so this would prove to me that dit is not the culprit. Disabling it just hides the problem the way I see it.

I really want to cure the problem not just stop it for now.

albertross_2

try sticking a sd-card in.

your results are puzzling, if removing the one entry get's rid of it, then that's what I'd do, and run it manually if you ever need to stick a card in.

happyhero

Nope just tried that. It doesn't alter the problem and the sd card does work ok.

Is there no way to start up, once in windows one by one so you can watch which one causes it.

Dont mean to be a pain but I feel like I'm bodging it by doing it that way, I'd rather find the cause if its at all possible. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I know it will iritate me if I know there is still some kind of fault in the background waiting to reappear if I do certain things.

Dont worry albertross you can leave it here if you want to if we cant sort it, I know its a pain in the neck this one. I'm still grateful for all your help.

albertross_2

untick the lot, then run them manually one by one until you hit the message.