Re: msconfig and checking start up items
- From: Bruce Toews <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:23:42 -0600 (CST)
One word of warning, the msconfig utility is not meant to be a permanent
solution. Its intent is only as a troubleshooting tool.
Bruce
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Norma A. Boge-Conyers wrote:
> 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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