i am used to using msconfig to take things out of my startup. where can i
do this with windows 2000 professional? thank you, janice

Natively you can; Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys. (note that this windows is read-only so you must
manually navigate to the location below to edit or otherwise delete)

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.

or copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows" directory


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"Janice" wrote:
|i am used to using msconfig to take things out of my startup. where can i
| do this with windows 2000 professional? thank you, janice

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry =?Utf-8?B?SmFuaWNl?= wrote:

> i am used to using msconfig to take things out of my startup.
> where can i do this with windows 2000 professional? thank you,
> janice

Personally I prefer third-party tools over msconfig.
http://lists.gpick.com/pages/System_Startup_Tools.htm
And I prefer Autoruns FWIW.