To further my brief response, if you haven't already
downloaded and installed msconfig, then you need to!
it doesn't come installed with W2k.
1) If you still have access to it, you can move a copy of
the Win98 msconfig
to your \System\ folder and it will work - just ignore any
complaints it
makes.
2) Much better, you can go here:
http://www.thetechguide.com/downloads.html (XP Version
which works in Win2k
just fine) or here:
http://www.3feetunder.com/files/win2K_msconfig_setup.exe
(stated to be a
Win2k Version - probably the same as the XP) or here:
http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/m/msconfig_w2k.htm and
download msconfig.
3) As good, but different, is to go here:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml and get Mike Lin's
Startup Control
Panel applet. A somewhat more difficult to use but more
extensive program
to do the same thing is StartupList from here:
http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/index.html, or even
better, Autoruns from
here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#autorun
s. Be
very careful about doing any Registry modifications
directly unless you're
comfortable with this, and be sure that you BACKUP your
Registry before
making any changes, so that you can recover if something
goes wrong.
Changes made with StartUpCPL are less likely to cause
problems, and are
usually a matter of just re-enabling the particular
program. Another
program of this type that I can recommend is StartMan,
free. You'll have to
get it here:
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/files/utils/startman10396.exe, as
the
pcforest site is, sadly, no longer in business. Another
such free program
that I can highly recommend is StartupRun, here:
http://nirsoft.cjb.net/,
particularly if you suspect malware problems. If you
have problems with
suspected hijackers, you can look up and investigate
suspect programs in
your StartUp lists here:
http://www.pacs-
portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm (Recommended)
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
(Recommended)
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
(Recommended)
All work fine for controlling startups, however, I would
recommend getting
both of the last two. They're both free, and each has some
advantages. For
example, the XP msconfig also gives you some
visibility/control over
services, while Mike's applet offers much better startup
control.
Also, you should read and print out/save for future
reference mskb article
Q179365 here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;q179365 which will
tell you the order in which things get loaded.
Two additional resources which have useful information
relating to startup
issues are:
How to Delay Loading of Specific Services
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;193888
HOWTO: Control Device Driver Load Order
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q115/4/86.
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