msconfig in Windows 2000 Professional

[Alver]

To all helpfull specialists,
A friend of mine tried to call "msconfig" via start - run etc. The
answer he obtained was that something like "cannot find the path, msconfig
cannot be found" (my friend runs a dutch version so the exact text is
different). Does this mean that msconfig is not available in W 2000 P?
Comments or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Correct, doesn't exist. Copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows"
(%systemroot%) directory or AutoRuns from sysinternals
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

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| To all helpfull specialists,
| A friend of mine tried to call "msconfig" via start - run etc. The
| answer he obtained was that something like "cannot find the path, msconfig
| cannot be found" (my friend runs a dutch version so the exact text is
| different). Does this mean that msconfig is not available in W 2000 P?
| Comments or help would be greatly appreciated.
|
|

 

[John John]

It's not native to Windows 2000. You can download a copy from the
Internet or copy one from an XP installation and put it in the System32
folder and it will work fine. Do a net search for "download msconfig"
and you will get all kind of hits.

John

 

[Alver]

Thanks for your speedy & clear replies. I will convey the answers to my
friend.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Thanks for your speedy & clear replies. I will convey the answers to my
| friend.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

To all helpfull specialists,
A friend of mine tried to call "msconfig" via start - run etc. The
answer he obtained was that something like "cannot find the path, msconfig
cannot be found" (my friend runs a dutch version so the exact text is
different). Does this mean that msconfig is not available in W 2000 P?

That's exactly what it means.

Comments or help would be greatly appreciated.

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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Bruce Chambers

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