"db" <databaseben at hotmail dot com> wrote in message
news:BB7148F6-FB40-4941-8BBB-F89DE46D0F0C@microsoft.com...
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> next, initiate a clean boot
> by clicking on start>msconfig.
>
> go to startup tab and disable
> all your startups.
>
> you might want to jot down
> what they are.
>
> next go to services tab and
> "hide" all microsoft services.
>
> then disable what remains
> on the list.
>
> jot these down too.
>
> then reboot the machine.
>
> if that file no longer appears
> in your c:\temp folder and
> or your disk maintains
> free space,
>
> then something you disabled
> from msconfig likely attributed
> to the problem.
>
> you will have to figure out which
> program is the problem and
> also consider which startup and
> services you disable should be
> re-enabled.

Lots of stuff to jot down, and get wrong. Is there any command line tool
that will list all this jotted stuff so it can be redirected to a file. Or,
can VBScript access this info directly or through some COM object? Or, is
the info available in the registry, and if so, where?

Thanks,
-Paul Randall