boot up

[gnilwoc]

when i start up my system i receive a message on the start up screen as follows

mode prepare code page function completed
mode select code page function completed
doskey installed

then the question " do you want to compact registry now [ y,n] ?

could you advise how i can stop this appearing.

many thanks
david cowling

 

[Didou]

First off, it's always nice to give us information about your setup, it only makes it easier for us to help & faster for you to get answers.

By the lines you put, I take it you are running some flavour or Win9x. You need to take a look at the file c:\autoexec.bat & see what's in it. There's a line in that file that queries for the registry compression. Maybe it was put there by some utility you've installed.

You can always post the contents of that file here & we'll try to pinpoint the line asking that question at every bootup ( I suppose it happens every single time you boot up the machine... ).

PS. Welcome to TechSpot. Hope you enjoy your stay.:wave:

 

[gnilwoc]

didou
many thanks for your response. the autoexec.bat states as follows
call c\windows\system\_nw_ndszbatc:windows\system
echo off
mode on codepage prepare=((850)c\windows\command\ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=850
keyb uk,,c:\windows/command\keyboard.sys
lhc:\windows/command/doskey.com
@echo off
lhc:\windows\smartdrv.exe
choice do you want to compact the registry now ?
if error level 2 go to end
cls
choice did you check the bios to verify that the disk saver has been turned off ?
if error level 2 go to no
echo cleaning compact registry
c:\windows\regedit.exe\cc:windows\new reg.reg
go to end
:no
echo
echo do you want to reboot now and make sure it is turned off?
choice the compacting will start again after re booting
if error level 2 go to try
press the ctrl-alt-delete buttons to reboot
pause >nul
pause >nul
pause >nul
go to start

i am assuming i need to remove the tick in some of the boxes to avoid this showing again. your comments would be appreciated.
thankyou

 

[gnilwoc]

didou
apologies my system is windows 98 desktop

thankyou
gnilwoc

 

[Didou]

You can remove the following lines from the C:\autoexec.bat file ( save them in another file inca se you want to put them back in there ).

choice do you want to compact the registry now ?
if error level 2 go to end
cls
choice did you check the bios to verify that the disk saver has been turned off ?
if error level 2 go to no
echo cleaning compact registry
c:\windows\regedit.exe\cc:windows\new reg.reg
go to end
:no
echo
echo do you want to reboot now and make sure it is turned off?
choice the compacting will start again after re booting
if error level 2 go to try
press the ctrl-alt-delete buttons to reboot
pause >nul
pause >nul
pause >nul
go to start

These lines ( as you might've guessed ), compress your registry at each startup. It can help if your registry gets very big but the rest of the time it just slows down the system ( the Registry has to be decompacted in order to be browsable ).