msconfig

[Jim Goldthorp]

Hi,

I was experiencing many diffficulties with WindowsXP so I
migrated back to Windows 2000 Professional. One thing
that I noticed right off the bat that I can't easily find
is where's "msconfig". I want to configure my startup
programs and sessions. How is this done in Windows 2000?

I have a reference book for Windows 2000 by Que and they
don't seem to mention "msconfig" anywhere. Does this
exist?

Thanks,

Jim

 

[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 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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[Patrick J. LoPresti]

See <http://www.google.com/search?q=startup+control+panel>.

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[Peter Foldes]

http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/m/msconfig_w2k.htm

 

[David Bullock [MSFT]]

Or take the simple route; copy MSConfig.exe from an XP machine to the 2000
machine, it works just the same in 2000 as it does in XP.

--

David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

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