How to disable startup items via MSCONFIG?

[Rick Langston]

I'm having difficulty in disabling certain startup items. I do the
following....

1. Start->Run and enter 'msconfig' and click OK.
2. System Configuration Utility window comes up
with the General tab visible, with the
Normal Startup radio button highlighted. I
click on the Startup tab.
3. I see the list of Startup items I want to
disable, and they're all checked. I uncheck
each of them, then click on Apply and then
click on Close.
4. I get a Messagebox stating that I must restart
for the changes to take effect, and I choose
Exit Without Restart.
5. I do (1) again.
6. This time the System Configuration Utility
window shows the radio button for Selective
Startup. The subelements (Process SYSTEM.INI
file, Process WIN.INI File, Load System Services
are checked. Load Startup Items has a green box
inside the checkbox, and the Use Original BOOT.INI
radio button is in effect.

If I reboot with this configuration, I'm told
at startup that Selective Startup is in effect
and that all of the startup commands will be
executed. If I go back to MSCONFIG and
uncheck the Load Startup Items, and then select
the Normal Startup radio button, I can go back
to the Startup tab and I see all the startup
items checked again, including the ones I unchecked.

So how do I truly disable these startup items?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I'm having difficulty in disabling certain startup items. I do the
following....

1. Start->Run and enter 'msconfig' and click OK.
2. System Configuration Utility window comes up
with the General tab visible, with the
Normal Startup radio button highlighted. I
click on the Startup tab.
3. I see the list of Startup items I want to
disable, and they're all checked. I uncheck
each of them, then click on Apply and then
click on Close.
4. I get a Messagebox stating that I must restart
for the changes to take effect, and I choose
Exit Without Restart.
5. I do (1) again.
6. This time the System Configuration Utility
window shows the radio button for Selective
Startup. The subelements (Process SYSTEM.INI
file, Process WIN.INI File, Load System Services
are checked. Load Startup Items has a green box
inside the checkbox, and the Use Original BOOT.INI
radio button is in effect.

If I reboot with this configuration, I'm told
at startup that Selective Startup is in effect
and that all of the startup commands will be
executed. If I go back to MSCONFIG and
uncheck the Load Startup Items, and then select
the Normal Startup radio button, I can go back
to the Startup tab and I see all the startup
items checked again, including the ones I unchecked.

So how do I truly disable these startup items?

Msconfig was designed to be a troubleshooting tool, not a "startup
configurer." Use MSConfig to determine the location of the command that
is attempting to start the program, and remove it. To cease the
selective startup notifications, either return your settings to the way
they were, or permanently remove the undesirable programs from your
startup configuration.

In most cases, with "well-mannered" applications, it's usually as
simple as opening the undesired program and deselecting the option to
"display icon in the system tray" or to "start when Windows starts."

Additionally, 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.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560



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[abyss1979]

"""Rick Langston ÐÉÓÁÌ(Á):
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I'm having difficulty in disabling certain startup items. I do the
following....

1. Start->Run and enter 'msconfig' and click OK.
2. System Configuration Utility window comes up
with the General tab visible, with the
Normal Startup radio button highlighted. I
click on the Startup tab.
3. I see the list of Startup items I want to
disable, and they're all checked. I uncheck
each of them, then click on Apply and then
click on Close.
4. I get a Messagebox stating that I must restart
for the changes to take effect, and I choose
Exit Without Restart.
5. I do (1) again.
6. This time the System Configuration Utility
window shows the radio button for Selective
Startup. The subelements (Process SYSTEM.INI
file, Process WIN.INI File, Load System Services
are checked. Load Startup Items has a green box
inside the checkbox, and the Use Original BOOT.INI
radio button is in effect.

If I reboot with this configuration, I'm told
at startup that Selective Startup is in effect
and that all of the startup commands will be
executed. If I go back to MSCONFIG and
uncheck the Load Startup Items, and then select
the Normal Startup radio button, I can go back
to the Startup tab and I see all the startup
items checked again, including the ones I unchecked.

So how do I truly disable these startup items?

I use the program "Chameleon Startup Manager" for it.
You can find it here:
http://www.neosoft-tools.com/windows-startup-manager.htm
It disables any startup programs and fully controls startup by
selecting the programs to be launched, while customizing the startup
settings (ie how often and when programs should be launched, etc).

 

[TMitchell]

"""Rick Langston ÐÉÓÁÌ(Á):
"""



I use the program "Chameleon Startup Manager" for it.
You can find it here:
http://www.neosoft-tools.com/windows-startup-manager.htm
It disables any startup programs and fully controls startup by
selecting the programs to be launched, while customizing the startup
settings (ie how often and when programs should be launched, etc).

I just leave msconfig set in the selective start up mode, and when the
reboot message (about it being in selective mode) comes up, I just check
the box not to show that message again. Everything works fine, and the
items I selected not to start remain that way.

 

[dMn]

MSConfig is great for testing, but once I get the configuration I want
to keep I use AUTORUNS to configure the startup.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx


dMn