Actualy, alot of machines will show this on every boot. It's nothing to
worry about... it's normal.

Chris


At 12:56 PM 1/21/99 -0800, you wrote:
>On 20 Jan 99, at 23:05, Elizabeth Boston wrote:
>
>>         This question was sent to me last week.  Can
>> anyone help me answer it?
>>
>> > Can you tell me why every time I boot up I get the
>> > message..."updating ESCD"?
>> >
>> > I have no idea what ESCD is.
>
>  Extended System Configuration Data -- I don't know details, but it's
>associated with PnP.  I don't think this message should appear on every
>boot unless (a) they're constantly switching hardware around, or (b)
>the CMOS option to re-scan devices is enabled, and for some reason
>isn't disabling itself (it's normally a one-shot).
>
>
>David G
>
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