Chipo Chika wrote:
>Windows cant find C:\windows\svchost.exe>>


Svchost is an executory file which runs a group of Services. You will 
usually see several of these running in the background, each one controls a 
different group of Services.

When this message appears at startup, it usually means that you have 
deleted a "service" which is no longer present on your computer. But 
startup is still looking for it.

When you install some programs, they may place a specialised "service" in 
the Services section of XP. This is generally considered poor practice. 
Some brands of printers are notorious for this. These can sometimes cause 
trouble later on when you remove the hardware. When you remove or uninstall 
the associated software or hardware, the command to start the service may 
be left behind in the startup code, although the "service" no longer 
exists. Thus you get the message you are now seeing.

If you go to Control Panel/Admin tools/Services, you will see the services 
which are included on your computer. Many of these can be disabled if they 
refer to objects which are not present. Some, like Fast Indexing, are 
optional and can be a big drag on performance. These also are better 
disabled in most cases.

Anything you may have removed or uninstalled recently is most likely to be 
the culprit.

Download a good startup manager such as Starter 
http://codestuff.tripod.com/ and remove any likely candidates from your 
startups by unticking them. Or you could run Msconfig/Startup tab which is 
the native XP tool, though somewhat basic. These programs won't allow you 
to remove anything vital to XP, so they are quite safe to use.
You can always re-tick any item if you want it back in the startup lineup.

There are other possible explanations, such as a corrupted or missing file, 
but this is the most likely.

Don Penlington
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