Re: windows has slowed down to a crawl

Are you saying in Safe mode the PC is also slow?

msconfig is available here, if you dont have access to a winxp PC
http://www.perfectdrivers.com/howto/msconfig.html


"sherwindu" <sherwindu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Juan Perez wrote:

Hi:

You can startup your server without 3rd party software and services. In
windows XP you normally use MSconfig command, but this command is not
avail.
Solution is to copy from a Windows Xp installation de files msconfig.exe
and
msconfig.chm

%SystemRoot%\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\Binaries\msconfig.exe

%SystemRoot%\Help\msconfig.chm

copy to

%SystemRoot%\system32

%SystemRoot%\help

respectively or from the windows XP cd rom:

expand <x>:\i386\msconfig.ch_ %systemroot%\help\msconfig.chm

expand <x>:\i386\msconfig.ex_ %systemroot%\system32\msconfig.exe

(Originally from Ramón Sola [MS MVP])

--
Un saludo
Juan Perez


Hi Juan,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. However, I am not running Windows
XP. I
also am not running a server. Other than that, I don't think your fixes
will
work.
I believe you can do the same thing in windows 2000 by booting up into
Safe
Mode.
In my case, that made no difference with the PC slowdown.

Sherwin



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