Is there a configuration utility in 2000 pro
like msconfig in 98 and xp
I can not get 2000 launch in Run: msconfig
error ( cannot find msconfig or 1 of its components )

is there a comparable to this?

doug

Doug <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Is there a configuration utility in 2000 pro
> like msconfig in 98 and xp
> I can not get 2000 launch in Run: msconfig
> error ( cannot find msconfig or 1 of its components )

There's no equivalent in Win2K itself. In my opinion the best substitute
(better than the original) is Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel, free from
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

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Gary L. Smith (E-Mail Removed)
Columbus, Ohio

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>
Gary Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> Doug <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Is there a configuration utility in 2000 pro
> > like msconfig in 98 and xp
> > I can not get 2000 launch in Run: msconfig
> > error ( cannot find msconfig or 1 of its components )
>
> There's no equivalent in Win2K itself. In my opinion the best substitute
> (better than the original) is Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel, free from
> http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
>
> --
> Gary L. Smith (E-Mail Removed)
> Columbus, Ohio

There is no MSCONFIG.EXE for Windoze 2000. Fortunately the version from Windoze
XP works.

Download the file MSCNFGXP.ZIP

Once downloaded, the file should be unzipped into c:\winnt\system32

http://www.micosyen.com/windoze/mscnfgxp.zip

HTH

Doug wrote:
> Is there a configuration utility in 2000 pro
> like msconfig in 98 and xp
> I can not get 2000 launch in Run: msconfig
> error ( cannot find msconfig or 1 of its components )
>
> is there a comparable to this?
>
> doug


MSConfig is/was a Win98/Me utility, brought back in WinXP, which
is also targeted at the home consumer market. There is no equivalent
utility included with Win95/WinNT/Win2K.

In most cases, one need only open the offending program and
deselect the option to "display icon in the system tray" or to "start
when Windows starts."

To view the list of your start up programs, look in the
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up
folders, and in the system registry, primarily in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys. These can
also be viewed, if I remember correctly, by right-clicking My
Computer, selecting "Manage" and expanding System Tools-- System
Information -- Software Environment -- Startup Programs. To prevent
any of them from starting at login, you'll have to delete shortcuts
from the startup folder(s) and/or edit the registry. I should point
out that, in order to make such system modifications requires one to
have administrative privileges to the machine in question. I should
also point out that one should not even consider editing the registry
unless he is fully confident that he knows exactly what is going to
happen as a result of each and every change.

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Doug wrote:
> Is there a configuration utility in 2000 pro
> like msconfig in 98 and xp
> I can not get 2000 launch in Run: msconfig
> error ( cannot find msconfig or 1 of its components )
>
> is there a comparable to this?
>
> doug

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/downloads/msconfig.zip

Unzip the files and place them in your system path

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Steve Parry BA (Hons) MCP MVP

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk