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Hi all,
don't know this newsgroup is the right one for my question, if u have a
better one plse tell me.

I run a (freeware) program (truecrypt) that uses some service. I run it via
taskschedular when starting the PC. If I cut the power of the PC (to test
powerfailure) and startup again and start the program then I get the
errormessage that the service is already running. I can find it in registry
entry localkey/system/currentcontrolset001/services (also set 002). If I
delete the entries and restart the computer: no problem.
Why are these entries created, why don't they exist when I power down
correctly? Is there something I can to to prevent this problem from
happening?
It looks like this happens when I cut the power before logging in. After
logging in and cutting the power does not give this problem.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
Frank
Nov 17 '05 #1
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hi Frank,

Frank wrote:
Hi all,
don't know this newsgroup is the right one for my question, if u have a
better one plse tell me. This isn't the right ng. Maybe the microsoft.public.windowsxp groups, or
contact the author of the program.
I run a (freeware) program (truecrypt) that uses some service. I run it via
taskschedular when starting the PC. If I cut the power of the PC (to test
powerfailure) and startup again and start the program then I get the
errormessage that the service is already running. I can find it in registry
entry localkey/system/currentcontrolset001/services (also set 002). If I
delete the entries and restart the computer: no problem.
Why are these entries created, The entries are created becuase the operating system creates them to be
able to maintain state in the system.
why don't they exist when I power down correctly? Because, during a normal shutdown, the operating system shuts down all
services (or terminates them if needed) and sets the appropriate
registry keys to reflect that.
Is there something I can to to prevent this problem from
happening? Contact the author and see if there is something that can be done, or
purchase a UPS that will gracefully shutdown the system in the event of
a power outtage. You have to remember that when you kill the power on a
PC, you are stopping everything mid-stream. any unsaved data or state
will be lost. Doing this can seriously damage your operating system,
even leaving it in a completely unuseable state, forcing you to
reinstall the operating system (or use repair/restore if you trust
microsoft that much).
It looks like this happens when I cut the power before logging in. After
logging in and cutting the power does not give this problem.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
Frank


HTH,
~d
Nov 17 '05 #2

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