Strange Run Command \\10.20.0.1

- Just got my PC back from HP Warranty repair and noticed I have a new Run
Command \\10.20.0.1. This may have happened prior to repair as I don't check
my Run Command list. Searching Microsoft's website led to an article titled:
"How to Use Static Routes with Routing and Remote Access Service" at this
link -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178993

Any ideas on how this got to my PC and what it might be used for in more
layman's terms than the article describes above? I have Norton Internet
Security 2008, keep it up to date and scan regularly. I also have several
Ghost 14 backups and plan to revert to the most recent image that does not
have this command.

HMT wrote:

> - Just got my PC back from HP Warranty repair and noticed I have a new Run
> Command \\10.20.0.1. This may have happened prior to repair as I don't
> check my Run Command list. Searching Microsoft's website led to an article
> titled: "How to Use Static Routes with Routing and Remote Access Service"
> at this link -
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178993
>
> Any ideas on how this got to my PC and what it might be used for in more
> layman's terms than the article describes above? I have Norton Internet
> Security 2008, keep it up to date and scan regularly. I also have several
> Ghost 14 backups and plan to revert to the most recent image that does not
> have this command.

That's a private IP address. Probably HP connected the machine to their
internal network as part of the repair process. Nothing to be concerned
about.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Thanks for the feedback.

HMT

"Malke" wrote:

> HMT wrote:
>
> > - Just got my PC back from HP Warranty repair and noticed I have a new Run
> > Command \\10.20.0.1. This may have happened prior to repair as I don't
> > check my Run Command list. Searching Microsoft's website led to an article
> > titled: "How to Use Static Routes with Routing and Remote Access Service"
> > at this link -
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178993
> >
> > Any ideas on how this got to my PC and what it might be used for in more
> > layman's terms than the article describes above? I have Norton Internet
> > Security 2008, keep it up to date and scan regularly. I also have several
> > Ghost 14 backups and plan to revert to the most recent image that does not
> > have this command.
>
> That's a private IP address. Probably HP connected the machine to their
> internal network as part of the repair process. Nothing to be concerned
> about.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>