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The Solitare Queen - 27 Dec 2007 10:01 GMT

Some months back, I had a young "computer expert"play with my computer. I had
told him I usually only play solitaire and get my e-mail with the machine and
that I was known as the Solitaire Queen by my husband. A day after his visit,
when I booted up my computer, just after the "Flash" message that windows was
loading, a window displaying the following appeared: DJ & Solitare.
This was on a line at the top of the window. Below it, the message appeared:
The Solitare Queen Returns.
Below that was a box with "OK" in it.
The windows loading process stops until "OK" is checked. This slows down the
boot up process. I know it's not a virus because I have run several virus
programs and no virus is reported. I contacted his mother and she said he had
told her he modified the registry to insert that message. Unfortunately, he
has moved away and I have no idea where that registry entry is. Can anyone
help me remove this minor annoyance?
Thank You.

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Gerry - 27 Dec 2007 10:16 GMT

Use Autoruns to find any unwanted start ups!
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx

With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
about the item selected.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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> Some months back, I had a young "computer expert"play with my
> computer. I had told him I usually only play solitaire and get my
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> minor annoyance?
> Thank You.

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The Solitare Queen - 28 Dec 2007 22:25 GMT

Hi Gerry: Thanks for your suggestion. I downloaded the program and tried
several of the selections that I thought might apply, but, unfortunately, the
darned message still keeps appearing. My husband vaugely remembers the boy
talking about a message in the registry. Don't know if that would help or
not. If it was in the registry, do you have any idea where it might be?
Thanks again.

> Use Autoruns to find any unwanted start ups!
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx
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> > minor annoyance?
> > Thank You.

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Grand_Poobah - 28 Dec 2007 22:30 GMT

You could search the Registry for something like "Solitary" or "Queen"
(whatever the message contains) and see if the text is found in a
textual field anywhere. If found, export the key to a safe place (just
in case) and then delete it.

GP

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> Hi Gerry: Thanks for your suggestion. I downloaded the program and tried
> several of the selections that I thought might apply, but, unfortunately, the
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>>> minor annoyance?
>>> Thank You.

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Gerry - 28 Dec 2007 23:03 GMT

In Autoruns you can select File, Find and search for words. I suggest
you search on

Solitare
Solitaire
Queen
DJ

If you get a result post the details.

I suggest you do not take up the other suggestion concerning searching
the Registry. What you are looking for is a script putting up the
message on Start Up. It was obviously meant to be a joke but clearly it
is no longer funny.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Hi Gerry: Thanks for your suggestion. I downloaded the program and
> tried several of the selections that I thought might apply, but,
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>>> minor annoyance?
>>> Thank You.

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Grand_Poobah - 29 Dec 2007 15:47 GMT

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> In Autoruns you can select File, Find and search for words. I suggest
> you search on
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> message on Start Up. It was obviously meant to be a joke but clearly it
> is no longer funny.

Something has to be launching the script - and it is probably a Registry
entry. If you eliminate the file first, without getting the launching
key, you run the risk of having a pop-up telling you the file can't be
found - and a subsequent entry in the Event Viewer. Why not go for the
source?

GP

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Gerry - 29 Dec 2007 16:42 GMT

GP

As I understand it deleting the entry using Autoruns deletes the source.
You will certainly not subsequently see an error report in Event Viewer
afterwards. Autoruns is the way to get rid of those Not found messages
in Event Viewer!

Direct editing of the Registry by an inexperienced user is fraught with
danger.

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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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>> In Autoruns you can select File, Find and search for words. I suggest
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> GP

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