My xp system now takes 6 to 8 minutes to boot. Ran diagnostics, VIRUS scan, spyware scan and removed unused stuff. Used Startup COP and stopped everything I could. No change. Noticed startup cop was unable to disable one file -- gui_dat.exe. Is that a valid file? how can I find out? I found it in windows\system32. If I rename it or DELETE it will I be able to reverse it?Well, there is no gui_dat.exe in my system32 folder, (Windows XP Pro sp3) and I cannot find it via a Google search. have you spelled its name exactly as you see it?


Yes, of course. I COPIED it correctly. I also googled the filename and tried to look it up in microsoft's knowledge base but got nowhere. Is there a good site where valid filenames are posted?Why don't you rename it to gui_dat.old and see what happens? You are HARDLY likely to forget what its previous name was.

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• Next click Send File
  • Your file will possibly be entered into a queue which normally takes less than a minute to clear.
• This will perform a scan across multiple different virus scanning engines.
• Important: Wait for all of the scanning engines to complete.
  
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