Have you looked in the MSCONFIG > STARTUP tab to see if there's any mention of it in there? Unchecking it might solve the problem. ---Troth -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 01:48 To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- borked D-Link wireless card uninstallation I started using a D-Link wireless card on XP after a break of more than two years and this caused a bsod, even when trying to install a new driver. The bsod mentioned rt61.sys, which i removed from C:\Program Files\D-Link\AirPlus G since D-Link's tech support and website support info were completely useless/nonexistent and incompetent. The card is working now, but the computer keeps opening an explorer window with the folder C:\Program Files\D-Link\AirPlus G. This is only a minor annoyance, but explorer.exe also hogs quite a bit of CPU after booting. I ran CCleaner and went through the registry and manually deleted all entries referring to C:\Program Files\D-Link\AirPlus G (new driver is in C:\Program Files\D-Link\AirPlus G DWL-G630), but the situation is unchanged. I would no doubt get rid of the explorer popup if i removed the folder C:\Program Files\D-Link\AirPlus G in explorer, but that would probably not get rid of the CPU hogging and perhaps make it worse. Another reason i don't want to remove the old, empty installation folder is that i realised we may all have such errors due to borked uninstallations on our computers, and these can help explain why some even new computers are sluggish after booting and later. Thanks for any ideas or help, Ekhart --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------