Re: Msconfig question
- From: "spamlet" <spam.morespam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:57:08 +0100
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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spamlet wrote:Thanks Bruce, good advice in a nutshell. I was not at all sure where to
I am puzzled as to the operation of the configuration utility in XP Pro.
When I use it, it appears to offer a range of dialogues for changing
system settings, but whenever I change any, it just opens next time, with
a message that I should go back to a 'normal' start up. What is the
point of having a utility with the settings all in one convenient place,
and then making it so that (apparently) changes can only be made on a
temporary basis?
Is this the way it is meant to work, or am I missing something?
Cheers,
S
Remember, Msconfig was designed to be a troubleshooting tool, not a
"startup configurer." Use MSConfig to determine the location of the
command that is attempting to start the program, and remove it. To cease
the selective startup notifications, either return your settings to the
way they were, or permanently remove the undesirable programs from your
startup configuration.
In most cases, with "well-mannered" applications, it's usually as
simple as opening the undesired program and deselecting the option to
"display icon in the system tray" or to "start when Windows starts."
Additionally, 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.
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560
--
Bruce Chambers
look for the different bits of programmes. There are indeed not so "well
mannered" progs...
For example, in trying out Avast instead of our usual McAfee, I find, after
unchecking as many McAfee things as I could see, I still got the
programme's start up logo... and in writing this, I now notice the whole
thing has actually managed to start itself this time around too, and its
little shield has appeared in the notification area telling me it is
scanning despite me having supposedly turned it off, and it not showing in
Process Explorer! Autoruns, now shows me that the McAfee (Network
Associates) updater and 'virus statistic's are still running, and has a
number of 'shell extension' entries (whatever they are), but still can't see
anything to explain why the notification area still tells me the on access
scanner is still working!
I didn't want to uninstall the whole McAfee package until I had a decent
comparison with the Avast, but there appears to be no simple way of actually
turning it all off temporarily.
Anyhow, I now have more tools at my disposal than before. So thanks once
again.
S
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