Windows (95/98/NT) have different ways to load programs during boot (autoexec.bat, config.sys, registry entry...) You can search the registry (on the NT machine I'm using now, it's under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion) for "RunServices" - in that section are also "Run", "RunOnce", "RunOnceEx" and "RunServicesOnce". Any one of these may have the offending program trying to be loaded at startup.

HTH



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MadDog