Well, edit your MSDOS.SYS file that is hidden in
the root directory.  Under [options] change
(or add) AutoScan to be equal to 0.  In other
words

[Options]
AutoScan=0

I think 1 causes it to run whenever needed and
prompts the user, and I think 2 just runs it when
needed with no confirmation.  That is how it is set
on mine.  Plus I have the cache fix installed.

As for the "Online Services," I am tired of them
getting added all the time too.  Everytime you
change your browser, they may come back.  I
have deleted the files by hand before and hand
edited the registry to remove all entries that
contain AOL and AIM.  I don't see why every
browser you install assumes you want WinAmp
either.  I'd rather use Yahoo!'s player.  It is
simpler to use.

                                                    Courtney





On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 6:09 pm, John Shultz wrote:
>So how do you DISABLE the damn scandisk on boot, so it can't run no matter what 
sort 
>of a mess the HDD is in?  Microsoft went to the trouble of including a check box 
>on the screen so it wont run automatically, but this is always greyed out. (So it 
>cannot be unchecked)  WinBoost 98 had a feature to stop this happening, but of course 
>you need WinBoostMe for this one, which I do not have.  I even moved the scandisk 
>program to another directory, but Windows still somehow manages to find it. (or 
it 
>runs scandisk from somewhere else)   This auto scandisk is the biggest pain on WinME 
>because it hangs about 50% of the time. (At least it does on the 4 machines I have 
>running WinME)  This percentage of course means that now and again you have to reboot 
>a few times to restore your system. 
>
>While I'm at it, here is my list of Windows9X, Me, XP's worst features
> - Disk Cache goes overboard unless it's capped
> - Swapfile can take the whole C: drive unless capped
> - System Restore is useless and wastes hundreds of meg of HDD space
> - You uncheck the default to install online services (AOL etc) and yet they install 
>anyway

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