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51114 2002-05-27 11:33:00 For some reason my computer writes two random .tmp files to the windows directory every start up. I am very confused and cannot figure it out. They are always 0Kb and named aand with the same time, but different names. the last two names are fffebf33_{970EEA6B-C315-418D-9298-BF47EF2987A8.tmp and fffebf33_{6BF60C57-2072-4F39-8CFC-C2DF20B885C9}.tmp.
Any ideas ???
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51115 2002-05-27 11:42:00 by memory thats caused by mdm.exe remove it from startup.

you can delete those temp files which should be 0byte in size.
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51116 2002-05-27 13:00:00 They are safe to delete. They are created each time the computer is started. Guest (0)
51117 2002-05-28 01:49:00 Yes Gordon and tweak'e, you are both right.

Predominantly a winME prb where Machine Debug Manager (mdm.exe) does not place the files in the temp file, but rather in the root or windows directory. It is a fault which as far as I know, does not have a fix. However, mdm.exe is not required, so you can just disable it from statup.

Goto Start>Run...

Type msconfig press enter.

Goto the startup tab and untick mdm.

Or you can remove it from the registry at
HKLM\Software\windows\current version\run [or run services i can't remember].

BACK UP first!

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