Re: msconfig and checking start up items

Still be careful, don't get a false sense of security in that just in case, 
check on where the program is, and really if you don't know what it is, you 
really shouldn't touch it, that's what's kept me form half the crashes some 
of my friends have over the years.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norma A. Boge-Conyers" <naboge@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:52 AM
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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