Re: msconfig and checking start up items
- From: Bruce Toews <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:51:20 -0600 (CST)
MSCONFG is indeed in Windows XP, but as I said, in all flavors of windows
it is meant to be a diagnostic/troubleshooting tool and not a permanent
solution.
Bruce
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Steve Gomes wrote:
> I didn't know there was an msconfig in windows xp. I thought you had to work
> with the registery. I was told not to delete things from the registery. If I
> made a mistake, we would have to reinstall the whole operating. I heard this
> from two people.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norma A. Boge-Conyers" <naboge@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:52 PM
> Subject: Re: msconfig and checking start up items
>
>
>> Hi listers,
>>
>> I am using XP SP2 and I wanted to share with you something I found when I
>> was in MS Config trying to decide what to have run at start-up. When I
>> was
>> going through the list of things that run at start-up, I unchecked one
>> item
>> and got the following message:
>>
>> System Configuration Utility
>> Essential services cannot be disabled. Doing so might prevent Windows
>> from
>> running on your computer.
>> Don't show this message in the future
>>
>> This proved to be a very helpful little window. So, for what it's worth,
>> I
>> am going to try unchecking most of the things I don't recognize, and now I
>> feel better because XP will warn me if I am trying to disable a critical
>> item.
>>
>> HTH
>> Norma
>>
>>
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