No that wouldn't be it ,i checked mine and that the closest thing i have to dont remove that !! You could try Start/run ,type in MSCONFIG ,go to startup and check to see if something is checked that looks like C:\windows \system32.exe ,don't change any just post back if you find anything that looks like that .

Or you may have some spyware or trojen problem in my sygnature there are some programs and unline virus scand do the virus acan and if nothing download ,update and run Ad-aware .

when i try MSCONIG in the run a message comes up saying "Cannot find the file 'msconfig'(or one of its components). Make sure the path and the filename are correct and that allrequired libraries are available. I have Spybot, and lavasoft adware which i ran yesterday, and i ran my virus checker which found a virus that it couldnt disinfect. that might be the problem but i cant get rid of it.

what windows operating system are you using ,Run this online virus scan .
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

i have windows 2000 pro...i ran the antivirus and it was unable to remove something called "Trojan horse downloader.skoob.e" so i tried to put it in the virus vault but it said it cant be removed.

win2000 ,thats why the msconfig didn't work it doesent have it ,but you can install the msconfig for win98 and it will work ,



Windows 2000 does not have the MSCONFIG program that was provided with Windows 98.
You can try using the older Windows 98 version of MSCONFIG.

Copy the file msconfig.exe ,to the Windows 2000 c:\winnt\system32 folder.
Download the msconfig.exe Windows 98 file from our site if you do not have it easily accessible.

Click | Start | Run | and type msconfig on the text box and click the OK button to start MSCONFIG
ignore the error messages you get about not finding the following files
config.sys
autoexec.bat
win.ini
system.ini
Click the startup tab
Check or Uncheck the check boxes of the programs you want to run or not run

http://www.techadvice.cc/files/s29k2/w98/msconfig.exe

do you have a antivirus program installed on your computer !if not you should get one !

ok i did everything you told me to above. i unchecked the box in the startup tab and then my computer was restarted and the system32 folder came up again...so i did the msconfig again and the box was checked so i tried again and it still opened when i started the computer...i checked the msconfig and the box is still checked even after i unchecked it.

I think you problem is spyware releated ,there are a few programs in my signature that might help ,spybot and ad-aware,update before running ,post back if they remove the program that is causing problem ,also you might want to getthe hijackthis program to ,run and scan and post log here ,do not fix anything in hijackthis yet ,post log first and i'll have a look at the log ,

ok for the hijack this when i go to download it i guess i need to unzip it but i dont know what program to use. i think i have winzip but its not in the box that comes up with the selection to choose from...im not really sure where it would be to use it

If the file doesn't have a zip icon from one of the zip programs ,then you mos tlikely don't have a zip program on you computer .
go to www.winzip.com and download the evaluation version