About 7 days ago, my computer (WinXP SP3) began to have start-up problems. At boot-up, the monitor would dissolve into pixellated lines, then Windows would re-launch (successfully, thank goodness!). I also found a new program in start-up: %systemroot%system32dumprep 0 -k . I trawled the ‘Net for info. Apparently, it can be related to “blue screen” issues, but I hadn’t witnessed any. I then tried disabling it, but it returned.
Today, after installing the latest Windows Updates, which necessitated re-starting the computer twice, the problem seems to have gone away. On each occasion, the computer re-started smoothly. And, as of today, the KernelFaultCheck remains disabled.
However, I’ve been using computers for long enough to know that incipient faults do not simply disappear. Something sinister is lurking in the undergrowth. But I’ve no idea what it may be. Can anyone else enlighten me?