Please forgive above Typo..    the bit about 'scanreg' should have read
that I dont have 'Scanregw.exe /autorun'.   IIRC that was the entry that
was there, but now is not.
vin

One of the "LoadPowerProfile" entries loads a set of default power saving
values that are used if no user is logged in (or if you hit Esc to bypass
login) and the other loads the values saved in your personal profile. Since
they run and then exit (don't take up memory or system resources) there's
nothing to be saved by eliminating one or the other.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper

I just found this on a forum, it seems to imply that the 'lpp's' is not
really
as important an issue as implied...      and due to the fact that my
computer
is running ok, I guess I can concur.
As for the scanregw.exe /autorun thing, I'm still searching.
(my main question now is the same as one of my priors, that is why these
three entries seemed to have just slipped away into the ether.)
Hope this info I'm supplying is of enough value to help you guys help me
and others who may experience similar.
vin

Hi Vin,
Open your browser and download this .zip file to your Desktop or a Download folder:
http://home.triad.rr.com/glenvee/files/runfix.zip

Open the .zip file with WinZip or another zip archive tool....it contains a .reg
file named "runfix.reg"
Extract "runfix.reg" to your Desktop.
Right-click "runfix.reg" on your Desktop and click "Merge" on the menu that appears,
and OK to the confirmation prompt.

Now in msconfig you should see those entries again.
Restart the computer to enable them.

Is it a problem?  Usually folks want to know why both are there, and
the answer is that one is system-level and the other applies
user-specific settings (AFAIK).

I haven't seen this, no.  

Power profiles may be manipulated by Control Panel, Power icon and may
not apply to all systems (e.g. if mobo doesn't support required power
management feature set or standards).  Also, some systems replace or
override the native OS power management with their own.

Does your PC switch itself off OK on shutdown?

Is there a binged ("!") item in Device Manager, such as power manager?

ScanReg is different; it's a utility to check the registry for errors,
and compact it if this is indicated.  I'm not sure if it also the code
that creates the RB*.CAB registry backups; it prolly is.

So, I'd look in %WinDir%\SysBkUp at the RB*.CAB files there, with
respect to their date stamps - are they still being automatically
generated?  You may have to kick the shell's UI settings to "show
hidden files" etc. or "walk" there from a command prompt and use the
Dir /A command to show files that are "hidden" or "system".

I think the idea is that each user can set their own preferences, for
things like how many seconds before the monitor suspends (if it does
so at all), as part of the screensaver controls.

So the first "system" instance sets up the facility and imposes
initial settings (that apply if you cancel login, or leave the PC
stalled on the account login screen).  Then the per-user instance
passes the user's settings to the now-resident facility.

This is similar to the way some old DOS-era subsystems worked, such as
Emm386.exe, SmartDrv.exe, some mouse drivers, SetVer.exe and so on.
The first instance goes resident (and may in fact be a Config.sys
driver, as is the case with Emm386.exe) and then any future instances
act to pass control parameters to it.  It's an elegant way of not
having to have more than one command to remember  :-)

As to ScanReg, that may apply to the per-registry hives, if these
apply in Win9x - it's been a while, and I can't remember.  In the
Win9x era, I hardly ever used multiple user profiles (or "accounts" as
NT/2000/XP call them), nor did I set the user profile settings to
duplicate the various settings etc. on a per-user basis.

I know the Win9x registry is System.dat, User.dat and (WinME only)
Classes.dat, and AFAICR these are not duplicated across user profiles,
but some other settings stores may be, and perhaps ScanReg fiddles
with those as well as the "real" registry files.

  The most accurate diagnostic instrument
   in medicine is the Retrospectoscope

Please post all replies to your original thread.  Thank you.

To all who have replied, and I see there are many.
Please forgive my non-response, I have had lots of problems
in the last few days.
Some of my friends have been caught in the floods, and yesterday I
ran out of petrol in the rain, and today the computer went nuts.
I have spent quite a few hours trying to repair it, and ended up using
scanreg /restore from a date 4 months ago......    as you can imagine this
has caused problems too.
Worse thing being the fact that I got my scanreg back in msconfig, but
after updating spybot and running it, I let Spybot fix two problems it
found, and before I knew it, I had lost the scanreg again in msconfig.
(it fixed 'stration' and 'ABetterInternet',,  both seemed to aim at scanreg,
 but I trusted Spybot...       will have to look into it later tonight, my
flooded
 friends come first.)

I havent read responses yet, and hope to later tonight after we try to
check on friends in the flood.
Please be patient, seems everything is going wrong at the moment.

vin,  who is now quoting murphies law, because it sure is happening
here.