Should MSCONFIG work in Windows 2000?

[Ian R]

Hi

A friends PC is playing up and I wanted to see whats loading at startup. It
refuses to boot into anything but safe mode.

As I'm more familiar with Win XP I expected that typing MSCONFIG into the
run box would work just the same so that I could selectively choose what
loads - but it seemed that MSCONFIG wasn't recognised. Should it be?

If not how else can I get under the bonnet? Is there an equivalent to
MSCONFIG?

Thanks for any info.

Ian

 

[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. (note that this window is read-only so you must
manually navigate to the location below to edit or otherwise delete)

%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
or AutoRuns from sysinternals
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi
|
| A friends PC is playing up and I wanted to see whats loading at startup.
It
| refuses to boot into anything but safe mode.
|
| As I'm more familiar with Win XP I expected that typing MSCONFIG into the
| run box would work just the same so that I could selectively choose what
| loads - but it seemed that MSCONFIG wasn't recognised. Should it be?
|
| If not how else can I get under the bonnet? Is there an equivalent to
| MSCONFIG?
|
| Thanks for any info.
|
| Ian
|
|

 

[Ian R]

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. (note that this window is read-only so you must
manually navigate to the location below to edit or otherwise delete)

%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
or AutoRuns from sysinternals
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi
|
| A friends PC is playing up and I wanted to see whats loading at startup.
It
| refuses to boot into anything but safe mode.
|
| As I'm more familiar with Win XP I expected that typing MSCONFIG into
the
| run box would work just the same so that I could selectively choose what
| loads - but it seemed that MSCONFIG wasn't recognised. Should it be?
|
| If not how else can I get under the bonnet? Is there an equivalent to
| MSCONFIG?
|
| Thanks for any info.
|
| Ian
|
|

Hi Dave

I really appreciate you taking the time to respond so quickly and with such
a detailed reply.

Thank you.

Can clearly see how you earnt those MCP/MVP wings!

Ian I^)

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome. Thank you for the comment.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi Dave
|
| I really appreciate you taking the time to respond so quickly and with
such
| a detailed reply.
|
| Thank you.
|
| Can clearly see how you earnt those MCP/MVP wings!
|
| Ian I^)
|
|