In XP Pro msconfig (microsoft system configuration utility, under the startup tab, there are two start up Items that are checked but whose start up name and command line are blank. in the one case the location is HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and the other is the same except the location begins with HKCU. how do i find out what these mysterious startup commands are? Trend Micro PC-cillian 2006 and MS AntiSpyware w/ latest patches yeild no malware.

Blessings, jerome

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