msconfig in 2000 windows

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Zahid

hi,
i have a problem that in windows xp i use msconfig at
run prompt and than there is a window open on that i go
to a startup column and check and uncheck the items which
not start on starting up of window but this command not
applies in windows 2000 professional.so which command i
use?
(my eng is not so correct)

thanku
 
Greetings --

MSConfig is/was a Win98/Me utility, brought back in WinXP, which is
also targeted at the home consumer market. There was no equivalent
utility included with 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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The program Spybot Search and Destroy, has a section that brings up all of
the startup on boot items, as well as all the processes running on a system
at the time.
 
Hi Zahid,

Here are two more solutions, both of which I've used.

1. The msconfig file in Win XP works also in Win 2000, once you put it
there. So copy it from a computer running XP and run it on your own
machine.

2. Mike Lin's program "Startup Control Panel" is free at www.mlin.net.

Good luck, Dan Schaffer
 
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