After I used msconfig to resolve a problem and then specified normal
startup, it continues to appear on startup, with the message that I have
specifed a special startup. The KB suggests that when this happens, to make
sure all startup items and services are marked to startup normally. They
are, but the dialog continues to appear. I looked around in the registry
for something that might turn it off, but I couldn't spot anything. Can
someone suggest a way to turn off the msconfig dialog?

srdiamond

Using regedit (type regedit in the run box) check out the following keys.

The default settings should look like this

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\ExpandFrom]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\ExpandTo]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\services]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\state]
"system.ini"=dword:00000000
"win.ini"=dword:00000000
"bootini"=dword:00000000
"services"=dword:00000000
"startup"=dword:00000000

If there are any other entries then you have found the item that is causing
the issue

Regards
Mark Dormer


"Stephen R. Diamond" <srd

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> After I used msconfig to resolve a problem and then specified normal
> startup, it continues to appear on startup, with the message that I have
> specifed a special startup. The KB suggests that when this happens, to
> make
> sure all startup items and services are marked to startup normally. They
> are, but the dialog continues to appear. I looked around in the registry
> for something that might turn it off, but I couldn't spot anything. Can
> someone suggest a way to turn off the msconfig dialog?
>
> srdiamond

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Disable MSConfig Selective Startup Screen.

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"Stephen R. Diamond" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message newspsb4n52rnun0prw@jq0arm4...
> After I used msconfig to resolve a problem and then specified normal
> startup, it continues to appear on startup, with the message that I have
> specifed a special startup. The KB suggests that when this happens, to make
> sure all startup items and services are marked to startup normally. They
> are, but the dialog continues to appear. I looked around in the registry
> for something that might turn it off, but I couldn't spot anything. Can
> someone suggest a way to turn off the msconfig dialog?
>
> srdiamond