Dumb question - MSCONFIG

K

Keith

Hi

Having used Win98 and XP, the MSCONFIG command comes in
very handy for disabling many of those irritating startup
items that sit in the taskbar, slowing startup down, and
wasting processor time. This command/app doesn't appear to
work/be available on Win2000 (or is it just my machine?)

How do I go about getting the functionality of that handy
little prog with Win2000?

Any clues gratefully received.

Ta

Keith
 
S

Steve Parry [MVP]

Keith said:
Hi

Having used Win98 and XP, the MSCONFIG command comes in
very handy for disabling many of those irritating startup
items that sit in the taskbar, slowing startup down, and
wasting processor time. This command/app doesn't appear to
work/be available on Win2000 (or is it just my machine?)

How do I go about getting the functionality of that handy
little prog with Win2000?

Any clues gratefully received.

Ta

Keith


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

Unzip the files and place them in your system path
 
J

John Thomas Smith

Having used Win98 and XP, the MSCONFIG command comes in

This program does that http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Also
Free Firewall http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf/spf_ov.htm
Stop Flash from taking "forever" to download those huge files
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22947,00.asp
If your computer is infected with a virus, removal tools here
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html
Or spyware removal spybot -- http://www.safer-networking.org
Another spyware remove ad-aware -- http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Stop Internet Explorer pop-ups http://www.panicware.com
Prescreen and block Email http://www.mailwasher.net
Tweak your system to run better http://www.xteq.com
For XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp


John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith
 
L

Lucom

Go to directory \WINDOWS\SYSTEM copy the MSCONFIG.EXE
file to the directory \WINNT\SYSTEM32 and run msconfig as
usual

Hope this help
 
B

Bruce Chambers

Greetings --

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.


Bruce Chambers
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