Microsoft KB Archive/193655

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 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SYMPTOMS
The following message or messages appear in the System Log of the Event Viewer:

Press any key in XX seconds to abort AUTOCHK. NOTE: XX is a number from 1-30. You may see a log entry for every second start at thirty and counting backwards to one.

CAUSE
During the startup process, if the system determines that CHKDSK needs to run, AUTOCHK will automatically create a log entry each second during the AUTOCHK Abort countdown process.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT version 4.0. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

ARTICLE-ID: Q152734 TITLE    : How To Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.
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Last reviewed: October 19, 1998

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