Just copy the existing win.ini so you have a backup and delete the [annie]
section and boot again. If problem is gone [annie] was the problem and you
can try to figure out what it is for. Remember, win.ini is not normally
required for XP unless there is some older program, i.e. Win98, you're
running.

"OldHead" <claekfacac@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:2A155931-A898-4CE4-A1A9-7C1C0028055D@microsoft.com...
>I recently began having problems when restarting- 90% of desktop icons
>were
> replaced with generic program icons then after a few seconds windows
> explorer
> would crash. When starting in safe mode icons reappeared , so I used
> msconfig
> /selective startup to quickly (lol) determine the cause. It's in a folder
> called ' annie ' with the item *'Frame Rate=666666' (*see below) the
> apparent culprit.
>
> [annie]
> CaptureFile=
> VideoDevice=0
> AudioDevice=0
> ;msconfig FrameRate=666666
> UseFrameRate=1
> CaptureAudio=1
> WantPreview=1
> MasterStream=-1
>
> My question is what and how should I deal with this so I can resume normal
> restart ( I'm still in selective startup )?
>
> I'm using XP Pro-SP2 w/NOD32,Trojan Hunter,MS Antispyware,
> Spysweeper,WinPatrol plus,Firefox 1.5 -all regularly used & updated.
>
> Thanks for your time and consideration!
>
> Season's Greetings,
>
> Jeff