Microsoft KB Archive/236436

= "Setting Up Personalized Settings" Message at Every Boot =

Article ID: 236436

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition

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This article was previously published under Q236436



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following message each time you start your computer:

Setting up Personalized settings



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you have Internet Explorer installed and the network is set up to use mandatory user profiles that are not configured with Internet Explorer personalized settings.



RESOLUTION
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To work around this behavior, create a new mandatory user profile that includes Internet Explorer personalized settings, or change the BrowserWebCheck data value to a null value.

For information about creating mandatory profiles, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

168476 How to Create Mandatory Profiles with Windows NT 4.0

To change the setting in the registry, delete the Loadwc.exe value data from the BrowserWebCheck value in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

For additional information about Loadwc.exe, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176960 Description of the Loadwc.exe File in Internet Explorer



MORE INFORMATION
Each time Internet Explorer starts, it checks to see if Internet Explorer personalized settings are installed. When the settings are not present, it attempts to create these settings. However, mandatory user profiles do not allow you to save user profile settings, so this process is repeated every time your computer restarts.

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB236436

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