Incomplete Setup on login - How to delete it?

[Steve L.]

Greetings!

I have a W2K3 Server w/ SP2 and everytime anyone logins locally they immediately get a setup dialog screen. The setup dialog screen does not appear when a user logins remotely. The problem is that the setup requires the original setup files which do not exist and the setup can not complete wihout them. In addiion, the setup can not be aborted only cancelled. What I mean by aborted is that I can not get rid of it. When it is cancelled, the dialog will go away only to reappear at the next local login. How do I get rid of this? I believe the answer is in the registry but I can not locate the source of the setup in the registry.

Thank you for your attention and if you have an answer I would greatly appreciate you sharing that with me.

Thanks again,
Steve

[Edgar Zapata]

Hi Steve,

Since you believe the answer is in the registry, try this AUTORUNS tool:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

It will tell you which registry keys are being loaded at logon or at system startup.

This may be due to a mid-install reboot required by a non-TS aware application (just a guess).

Hope it helps.
Edgar.