i have windows xp media center, and everytime i log off/shut down i get error 1517. which says :Windows saved user %1 registry while an application or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account.

i have no idea what to do, windows refered me to the microsoft help page which tells you to do nothing. even if you can do nothing is there a way to get rid of the error message?

windows referred site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810616/en-us

are you running any Symantec products like Norton by any chance?

yes, norton internet security 2006

disable Norton and see if the error comes up.

ok error gone, is there any way to fix it permanently?

try typing in "chkdisk /f" in command prompt

.... or ditch Norton :p

sorry, just realized my typo....its chkdsk, not chkdisk

fyi, you know you can edit your posts, instead or posting a new post ... just thought i'd let you know. =)

yeah I know... I noticed the day after, so more than likely he tried chkdisk and it didn't work, and probably didn't know its actually chkdsk, so I wanted to make that clear so he can re-try. ;)

thanks for help, but i dumped norton and the error went with it.:lol: