Windows 2000 Startup options

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How do you view and change what starts up on reboot? I
thought it was msconfig, but that doesn't work
 
Greetings --

MSConfig is/was a Win98/Me utility, brought back in WinXP, which
is also targeted at the home consumer market. There is 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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-----Original Message-----
How do you view and change what starts up on reboot? I
thought it was msconfig, but that doesn't work
.
MSConfig is/was a Win98/Me utility, brought back in
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WinXP, which
is also targeted at the home consumer market. There is 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.
 
You can also copy MSConfig.exe from an XP machine to the 2000 machine.

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David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

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