Windows 2000 startup processes

[Jane B]

There are several background processes that start on my
laptop that I don't want running. I cannot figure out how
to keep them from starting at boot time. In Windows 98 I
used to run the 'msconfig' command to access this stuff but
I don't know how to do it with Windows 2000.

Can someone help?

Thanks

 

[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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:
| There are several background processes that start on my
| laptop that I don't want running. I cannot figure out how
| to keep them from starting at boot time. In Windows 98 I
| used to run the 'msconfig' command to access this stuff but
| I don't know how to do it with Windows 2000.
|
| Can someone help?
|
| Thanks