Temp Folder In XP Pro 1

[wunkunn]

My Temp Folder in XP Pro (with SP2) contains 101 icons with 0 KB's. They are read only and I cannot delete them. This is a new install of the OS to correct this same problem. Everything loaded OK and the problem was gone. I reloaded Spy Sweeper. Adaware, Spy Doctor and Grisoft's AVG. All was well. Went online and checked Mail. Meanwhile being updated by microsoft.
On Shut Down, I receive this message: USRprbda.exe cannot initiate because windows is shutting down. What is happening? I welcome all Suggestions.

 

[gpalmer711]

quote from CastleCops site

In reality the problem is that Windows is running what amounts to a device driver on a user account, I think this is always a bad idea, but nobody cares what I think. Because of this I realized the problem would likely be fixed if I could force the driver to run on the System account. So if you don't like my specific fix, perhaps you can find a better way to change the account used by the driver.

1) Open the system registry (yes this is a little risky, be very careful). Click Start Button> Run> Type "Regedit" click OK.

2) Open the registry key...
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
Of course I have deleted the subkey name and don't remember what it was called, but you are looking for the key that has a string value of "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USRmlnkA.exe RunServices \Device\3cpipe-USRpdA"

3) Delete this entry.

4) Click Start Button>Run>Type CMD and Click OK.

5) In the command window type "cd \windows" and press enter

6) Type Edit and press enter

7) In the first line of the screen type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USRmlnkA.exe RunServices \Device\3cpipe-USRpdA

8 ) Press Alt then F then A

9) Type Modem.cmd and press enter.

10) Press Alt then F the X

11) Type Exit and press enter.

12) Click Start Button>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Scheduled Tasks

13) Click File>New>Schedule Task

14) Name it Modem Driver or whatever you want

15) Right Click the new task and Left Click Properties

16) Use the Browse Button to point the task at C:\Windows\Modem.cmd

17) In the "Run As" box, Type "System", here is where it may get a little tricky, don't enter a password, just click OK, then Click Apply, The user name will disappear, don't worry about it.

18 ) Click Schedule and select "At System Startup"

19) Click Settings and un-check all the boxes. Basically you do not want the service to quit running until the PC is shutdown.

When you restart the computer, right click the task bar and left click Task Manager. Click Processes, make sure "Show processes from all users" is checked. You should find the following exe files running on the system account. usrshuta.exe, usrmlnka.exe, usrmlnka.exe. If so your modem should be working and the error message should go away. If not, delete the scheduled task, remove you modem using the Device Manager and let Windows re-install it.

Greg Palmer
Freeware Utilities for Windows Administrators.

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk

 

[linney]

This is the full link to Greg's quote, it also has some other possible fixes to look at.

http://castlecops.com/postt81583.html&sid=1a5784373193526777c4112c05baa6af

These are other Google links.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group...&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-50,GGLD:en&q=USRprbda.exe

http://www.google.com/search?source...&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-50,GGLD:en&q=USRprbda.exe

 

[wunkunn]

Thanks to you Greg, The error msg is gone. Thanks also to linney for the links. They were very informative.