Hi,
Do you have any boot time antivirus scanners running?
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"Conley" <Conley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The error message comes up AFTER the scan has been requested and
> scheduled
> and the computer has been rebooted so that the scan can run.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Any volume in use cannot be dismounted, which is required for chkdsk to
>> run
>> a full check. Normally, one is prompted for it to be completed on the
>> next
>> reboot, does this not occur for you?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Conley" <Conley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:51C84671-6DAC-4D37-9595-DC559753ECEE@microsoft.com...
>> > The chkdsk utility will no longer run. Instead, I get this error
>> > message:
>> > "cannot open volume for direct access." I found some old KB articles
>> > indicating that this problem had come up under Windows XP and was going
>> > to
>> > be
>> > fixed by an upcoming service pack. Why am I getting this error message
>> > with
>> > Vista Ultimate?
>>
>>