No msconfig in win2000?

[Brigitte J.]

Hello group,
I recently upgraded to windows2000 from windows98se. I wish I'd done this a
long time ago. I love it! I've been using it for about a week now and I
haven't had it crash once!!

One question, though...How do I access and choose which programs I want to
start at boot-up, like I used to do in win98 by running msconfig?

Thanks,
Brigitte

 

[Dave Patrick]

Natively you can; Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.

or copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows" directory


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| Hello group,
| I recently upgraded to windows2000 from windows98se. I wish I'd done this
a
| long time ago. I love it! I've been using it for about a week now and I
| haven't had it crash once!!
|
| One question, though...How do I access and choose which programs I want to
| start at boot-up, like I used to do in win98 by running msconfig?
|
| Thanks,
| Brigitte
|
|
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[Steve Parry [MVP]]

Hello group,
I recently upgraded to windows2000 from windows98se. I wish I'd done
this a long time ago. I love it! I've been using it for about a
week now and I haven't had it crash once!!

One question, though...How do I access and choose which programs I
want to start at boot-up, like I used to do in win98 by running
msconfig?

Thanks,
Brigitte

http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Msconfig.htm

 

[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 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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[Walter Donavan]

MSCONFIG is available for Win2K. Search for it at MSFT. It's a free
download. I have it and use it.

 

[Brigitte J.]

Thanks all who replied to my question. Upon furhter inspection, I found
that msconfig.exe was indeed included in win2k. I guess I just wasn't
looking in the right places earlier.

Brigitte

 

[Alias]

Thanks all who replied to my question. Upon furhter inspection, I found
that msconfig.exe was indeed included in win2k. I guess I just wasn't
looking in the right places earlier.

Brigitte

Um, it isn't included in W2K. You have to download it and the Help file from
a site like http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Msconfig.htm

Alias

 

[Brigitte J.]

Um, it isn't included in W2K. You have to download it and the Help file from
a site like http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Msconfig.htm

Alias and want

When I did a search on my computer, which is a brand new hard drive w/new
install of win2k, I found msconfig.exe.

I've never downloaded the program, and it's there...so it must have come
with it...it's the only explanation I can think of...

I hadn't searched for it this way before I came to the group and asked about
it. I'd just clicked on 'start, run, and typed in msconfig, the way I'd
done on win98se and nothing would happen. But when I did a search for files
and folders, I found it in C:\WINDOWS\VCM.

Thanks again for all your help.

Brigitte

 

[Alias]

When I did a search on my computer, which is a brand new hard drive w/new
install of win2k, I found msconfig.exe.

I've never downloaded the program, and it's there...so it must have come
with it...it's the only explanation I can think of...

I hadn't searched for it this way before I came to the group and asked about
it. I'd just clicked on 'start, run, and typed in msconfig, the way I'd
done on win98se and nothing would happen. But when I did a search for files
and folders, I found it in C:\WINDOWS\VCM.

Thanks again for all your help.

Brigitte

If it doesn't work when you type MSCONFIG in Run, then you don't really have
it. Download it and put it where the page says to put it and you will be
able to use it.

Alias

 

[Brigitte J.]

If it doesn't work when you type MSCONFIG in Run, then you don't really have
it. Download it and put it where the page says to put it and you will be
able to use it.

Alias

Then please explain how it is, when I go to C:\Windows\VCM\msconfig.exe I
get the program to work? Believe me, I don't understand it either.

Brigitte

 

[Alias]

Then please explain how it is, when I go to C:\Windows\VCM\msconfig.exe I
get the program to work? Believe me, I don't understand it either.

Brigitte

I have no idea. I don't have one on my computer with that path and I have
Windows 2000 Professional just like you. Perhaps someone put it there for
you?

Alias

 

[Bob I]

A clean install of Windows 2000 does NOT have a C:\Windows
sub-directory. It installs to C:\WinNT. Therefore it was placed there by
someone/something else.


Brigitte J. wrote:

 

[Alias]

Then please explain how it is, when I go to C:\Windows\VCM\msconfig.exe I
get the program to work? Believe me, I don't understand it either.

Brigitte

Perhaps you have a Win 98SE folder on your hard drive and that's where you
found the MSCONFIG program? I would still download the other one, put it in
the correct place and use it.

Alias

 

[Brigitte J.]

programs

I have no idea. I don't have one on my computer with that path and I have
Windows 2000 Professional just like you. Perhaps someone put it there for
you?

Alias

I did the installation of win2k myself last week and no one but me has used
this system since then.

I purchased the hard drive and installed win98se on it, because my win2k pro
disk had not yet arrived from the seller I'd purchased it from on ebay. I
was under the assumption that everything from that installation was gone
since i formatted the hard drive before I installed win2k onto it. Is this
possible?

Thanks,
Brigitte

 

[Alias]

inspection, will C:\Windows\VCM\msconfig.exe

I did the installation of win2k myself last week and no one but me has used
this system since then.

I purchased the hard drive and installed win98se on it, because my win2k pro
disk had not yet arrived from the seller I'd purchased it from on ebay. I
was under the assumption that everything from that installation was gone
since i formatted the hard drive before I installed win2k onto it. Is this
possible?

Thanks,
Brigitte

I'm afraid I would have to look at your computer. The fact that W2K has no
folder called "Windows" is very suspicious. I trust it has an WinNT folder?
Did you do an upgrade or a clean install of W2K?

Alias

 

[Alias]

I'm afraid I would have to look at your computer. The fact that W2K has no
folder called "Windows" is very suspicious. I trust it has an WinNT folder?
Did you do an upgrade or a clean install of W2K?

Alias

One more thing: does the MSCONFIG on your machine have the capability of
going full screen? You see, the Win98 would but the WinXP won't.

Alias

 

[Walter Donavan]

Or by someone who decided to call the install folder "Windows."

 

[Brigitte J.]

I'm afraid I would have to look at your computer. The fact that W2K has no
folder called "Windows" is very suspicious. I trust it has an WinNT

folder?

Yes, I have a WinNT folder.

Did you do an upgrade or a clean install of W2K?

Clean install

Brigitte

 

[Brigitte J.]

ebay.

One more thing: does the MSCONFIG on your machine have the capability of
going full screen?

Yes, it will go full screen.

You see, the Win98 would but the WinXP won't.

Not sure what winxp's capabilities have to do with my system. I've never
had winxp, and hope that I'll never need to.

Thanks,
Brigitte

 

[Alias]

about has

Yes, it will go full screen.


Not sure what winxp's capabilities have to do with my system. I've never
had winxp, and hope that I'll never need to.

Thanks,
Brigitte

The one we are recommending you download is the XP MSCONFIG. You have
somehow managed to get the Win98 MSCONFIG in some folder *somebody* or
*something* put in your computer during the process of your clean install.
You can use the Win 98 one but I am not sure where you should put it so it
works from the Run command.

Alias