msconfig startup tab access denied

[Guest]

No problemsd before, but now when I run msconfig and want to take something
off of the startup tab (I am running selective startup), I get an errtor
message saying access denied - need admin istartor. I am logged on as an
administrator. I want to get rid of some useless startup items. How can I
solve this problem?

 

[Malke]

No problemsd before, but now when I run msconfig and want to take
something off of the startup tab (I am running selective startup), I get
an errtor
message saying access denied - need admin istartor. I am logged on as an
administrator. I want to get rid of some useless startup items. How can I
solve this problem?

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

In your case, I would answer the Second Question first.

Malke

 

[S.Sengupta]

Do you have Zone Alarm?
http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=win_za_msgs&message.id=11471

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Adding to Malke:

If you have Zone Alarm installed, see this thread:

Cannot run msconfig - Windows and ZoneAlarmT Messages and Alerts - Zone Labs
User Forum:
http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=win_za_msgs&message.id=11471

Startup managers:

Sysinternals Freeware - Autoruns:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

Autoruns: Hunt down autostart programs wherever they hide
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=44089

Startup Control Panel
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

How to use MSCONFIG: NetSquirrel.com:
http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


No problemsd before, but now when I run msconfig and want to take something
off of the startup tab (I am running selective startup), I get an errtor
message saying access denied - need admin istartor. I am logged on as an
administrator. I want to get rid of some useless startup items. How can I
solve this problem?