My Computer Performance has been in the toilet,  I have run 10 different  
  
virus scanners and 10 different Spyware scanners and they only found Cookies.  
  
I deleted them all.  I removed all items from my startup and disabled  
  
unnecessary services.  I have a Toshiba a45-2501 running a Mobile P4 2.8 Ghz.  
  
then i noticed this in my boot.ini file.  
  
[boot loader]  
  
timeout=30  
  
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS  
  
[operating systems]  
  
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP  
  
Professional" /forceresetreg /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn  
  
I could not find any resources explaining /forceresetreg but I know I need  
  
/fastdetect.  However I am confused about this /noexecute  How do I know if  
  
this should be enabled?  this sounds like something that could cause a  
  
problem if configured wrong

The /forceresetreg switch looks suspect to me.  If it were me, I would  
  
remove the /forceresetreg switch.  
  
[boot loader]  
  
timeout=30  
  
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS  
  
[operating systems]  
  
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP  
  
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn  
  
/NOEXECUTE  
  
[[This option is only available on 32-bit versions of Windows when running  
  
on processors supporting no-execute protection. It enables no-execute  
  
protection (also known as Data Execution Protection - DEP), which results in  
  
the Memory Manager marking pages containing data as no-execute so that they  
  
cannot be executed as code. This can be useful for preventing malicious code  
  
from exploiting buffer overflow bugs with unexpected program input in order  
  
to execute arbitrary code. No-execute protection is always enabled on 64-bit  
  
versions of Windows on processors that support no-execute protection. There  
  
are several options you can specify with this switch:  
  
/NOEXECUTE=OPTIN Enables DEP for core system images and those specified in  
  
the DEP configuration dialog.  
  
/NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT Enables DEP for all images except those specified in the  
  
DEP configuration dialog.  
  
/NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSON Enables DEP on all images.  
  
/NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF Disables DEP. ]]  
  
Sysinternals Freeware - BOOT.INI Reference  
  
http://www.sysinternals.com/Information/bootini.html  
  
A detailed description of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature in  
  
Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, and Windows  
  
Server 2003  
  
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352  
  
What's the new /NoExecute switch that's added to the boot.ini file after you  
  
update a machine to Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP  
  
SP2?  
  
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/46302/46302.html  
  
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Hope this helps.  Let us know.  
  
Wes  
  
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User  
  
In news:C1807698-2419-4A68-82A4-70923640B43E@microsoft.com,  
  
Cade <Cade@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:

Any details on that? Reset what specifically?  
  
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Regards,  
  
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.  
  
Microsoft Certified Professional  
  
Microsoft MVP [Windows]  
  
http://www.microsoft.com/protect  
  
"Shenan Stanley" wrote:  
  
<snip>  
  
<snip>

Cade wrote:  
  
forceresetreg= Force Reset Registry  
  
Do a search on your PC for *.reg and see what comes up.  
  
It is possible the OEM of the system has something installed to force a  
  
reset of the registry at boot. You could also recreate the boot.ini file  
  
removing the force reset reg entry and rename the original one to boot.old  
  
then reboot and see if the system starts up ok.  
  
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Shenan Stanley  
  
MS-MVP  
  
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way  
  
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan Stanley wrote:  
  
Dave Patrick wrote:  
  
Depends on what *.reg files the op might find.  
  
In any case, one example would be related to this:  
  
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822624  
  
and this:  
  
http://209.167.114.38/support/TechSupport/TSBs/ALL/-TSB001194.htm  
  
And everyone who mentions seeing this setting I could find had a Toshiba..  
  
Weird. hah  
  
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Shenan Stanley  
  
MS-MVP  
  
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Well for what it's worth it does not appear here:  
  
Available switch options for the Windows XP and the Windows Server 2003  
  
Boot.ini files  
  
http://snipurl.com/k9yg  
  
I found a link to a HijackThis log where it appears but no indication as  
  
to what it means or that the boot.ini files should be changed:  
  
http://snipurl.com/k9ym  
  
I picked it out of this list:  
  
http://snipurl.com/k9ys  
  
Have you tried a HijackThis log? I suggest you send the log to a  
  
specialist forum for expert analysis e.g.  
  
HijackThis forum here:  
  
http://aumha.net/  
  
You will need to register to post.  
  
Can you post the subject header you use as I would be interested in  
  
seeing what they recommend.  
  
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Hope this helps.  
  
Gerry  
  
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