windows 2000 MS Config

[Guest]

I know how to do MSConfig with XP. However, I have an older computer with
Windows 2000 and I want to see what programs are starting up. My computer
takes forever to start up and I suspect it is because too many programs are
starting.

I go into Start, right mouse and properties, but the Start menu shows only
one program starting up.

Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks, Steve

 

[John John]

Copy msconfig from your Windows XP computer and put it in the Windows
2000 System32 folder. Or use third party applications like Autoruns by
Sysinternals or CodeStuff Starter.

AutoRuns for Windows v8.61
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/Autoruns.mspx

Starter v5.6.2.8
http://members.lycos.co.uk/codestuff/products_starter.html

Otherwise edit the registry run keys manually and check the services
that load when the machine starts.

John

 

[Daave]

I know how to do MSConfig with XP. However, I have an older computer
with Windows 2000 and I want to see what programs are starting up.
My computer takes forever to start up and I suspect it is because too
many programs are starting.

I go into Start, right mouse and properties, but the Start menu shows
only one program starting up.

Can you point me in the right direction?

See:

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

Direct download link:

http://www.techadvice.cc/files/y44b1/win-xp/msconfig.exe

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Steve - Here's a download link for a Win2k version of msconfig:
http://www.3feetunder.com/files/win2K_msconfig_setup.exe

You may also be experiencing effects from malware and should probably take
some steps to scan for that also. See my Blog, Defending Your Machine, addy
below in my Signature.


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Regards, Jim Byrd,
My Blog, Defending Your Machine,
http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/



In Steve <[email protected]> typed:
|| I know how to do MSConfig with XP. However, I have an older
|| computer with Windows 2000 and I want to see what programs are
|| starting up. My computer takes forever to start up and I suspect it
|| is because too many programs are starting.
||
|| I go into Start, right mouse and properties, but the Start menu
|| shows only one program starting up.
||
|| Can you point me in the right direction?
||
|| Thanks, Steve

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I know how to do MSConfig with XP. However, I have an older computer with
Windows 2000 and I want to see what programs are starting up. My computer
takes forever to start up and I suspect it is because too many programs are
starting.

I go into Start, right mouse and properties, but the Start menu shows only
one program starting up.

Can you point me in the right direction?

MSConfig is/was a Win98/Me utility, brought back in WinXP and Vista,
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.


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Bruce Chambers

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