> On Friday, February 25, 2000 7:43 AM, "Stephen Snyder" <[log in to unmask]>
> the system puts 2   .TMP files into the C:\Windows
> > fffc744b_{49759660-BED9-11D3-8B52-CD7FAA707135}.tmp
> > fffc744b_{49759661-BED9-11D3-8B52-CD7FAA707135}.tmp
> > Questions:  What are they?  Why are they in the Windows
> > folder? Are they safe to delete?  How do I prevent this from
> > happening in the future?  Etc.


   Don't forget to give MS Knowledge Base a look:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q221/4/38.asp


 I discovered this annoyance myself on my laptop earlier this week when
I giving a PC Troubleshooting class and researched it. Here's the best
understandable answer I found from Richard Harper on another listserv:

    "This is caused by MDM.EXE (the Machine Debug Manager) that's
intended for use to debug programs and
 Web components.  It's installed as part of any of the Visual
programming tools, and can be installed as part
 of Office and FrontPage as well.

 To stop it, you need to Restart in MS-DOS Mode, find and rename MDM.EXE
to a new name (MDMBAK.EXE
 is a good choice) so that it won't run any more, and then you can
disable the line in the System
 Configuration Utility (Start/Run/MSCONFIG.EXE, on the Startup tab) that
runs it.  Finally you can delete all
 those temp files.

 MDM.EXE is an exception to the usual rule that you can disable a
program simply by un-checking it on the
 Startup tab of MSCONFIG.  It can be disabled there but is re-enabled on
your next reboot.  That's why you
 have to rename the file before you can fix the problem."

 --
 Richard G. Harper (MS MVP-DTS)  [log in to unmask]

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All the best,

Russell Smith
Edtech Consultant, Journalist
Region 14 ESC Abilene
http://camalott.com/~rssmith
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