msconfig

[Roy]

Hi All,

I can't find the msconfig in Win2K, I know WinXP got it.
Is there any other tool i can use to replace msconfig is
Win2k?

Thanks

 

[CS]

Hi All,

I can't find the msconfig in Win2K, I know WinXP got it.
Is there any other tool i can use to replace msconfig is
Win2k?

Thanks

It's not in Win2000. MS in their "wisdom" figured that Win2000 users
would never need a configuration editor so they left it out. After
taking lots of well deserved hits for that, they included it in XP.
Just make a copy of msconfig.exe from an XP installation and put the
file in your c:\windows folder. Create a shortcut to it. Works
fine. Do not use msconfig.exe from Win98 or ME as it does not work
correctly.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi Roy,
Windows 2000 does not have the MSCONFIG program that was provided with
Windows 98.You can try using the older Windows 98 version of MSCONFIG.

Copy the file msconfig.exe from the c:\windows\system folder to the
Windows 2000 c:\winnt\system32 folder.
Alternatively you You can run MSConfig in Windows 2000 by using the
Windows XP version.Copy the following files to a folder in your path:

%SystemRoot%\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\Binaries\msconfig.exe
%SystemRoot%\Help\msconfig.chm

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Start > Run > Regedit.exe

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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