MSCONFIG

[retiredx]

I am running vista home premium as an administrator.
When I check or uncheck a box under the MSCONFIG startup tab and press apply
the check/uncheck reverts to its' original state.
Anyone have any ideas?

thanks

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

I could see two approaches, depending on the cause.
The edit menu in regedt32 will let you change the "Permissions" for the
msconfig key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig

You might also use the Run keys to delete that Value.
One cause might be some Malware re-writing the run key entry after you
remove it.
Either way, I would delete the desired Value in the run keys to see what
happens.
start, type: regedt32
see the keys:
HKEY_Current_User/SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
AND
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Click on the blue Vista start button and in the
"Start Search" box type: MSCONFIG
When the msconfig icon appears, right-click
on it and select "Run as administrator".

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Carey Frisch
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Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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I am running vista home premium as an administrator.
When I check or uncheck a box under the MSCONFIG startup tab and press apply
the check/uncheck reverts to its' original state.
Anyone have any ideas?

thanks