At this point, unless BHard has another idea, I think you have four options left to you:
1.) Boot into Safe Mode, and delete the entire
C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles folder, which was created when BootVis was installed and run. Clean installations of WinXP don't have this folder by default.
2.) Check these Registry keys for any files that might show that the program is loading from the Registry during startup:
Run REGEDIT.EXE at the Start\Run-Command Line.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
There are several other "Run" (RunOnce, Run Services, etc.) keys in the same area. Make sure that there is no reference to the file you wish to remove in any of them.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft|Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Note: If you are worried about damaging the Registry, you can always highlight any key before you edit it, and choose to export the entire branch. This option is available from the Registry Editor Toolbar in one of the drop-down menu's. Give the key a name, and save it somewhere safe. Later, if it appears that the changes caused a problem, double-click the exported key, and it will reinstall back into the Registry, completely intact, just as it was.
Exporting a key will not remove it from the Registry. This is only a copy.
3.) Reinstalling the latest version of BootVis, running it, and changing the parameters this time around so that the Trace Log doesn't get created anew with each boot.
<A HREF="http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/tune-19.html" target="_new">BootVis Help</A>
<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.asp" target="_new">BootVis Download</A>
4.) Formatting the partition and reinstalling the operating system.
Toejam31
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