-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting entries in mscofig startup

See below, below?      :O)

Peace,
G

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:21 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting entries in mscofig startup


> See below
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:43 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting entries in mscofig startup
>
>
>> Don,
>>    Background Info:  MSCONFIG has no way to verify the location of
>> anything
>> it shows in the Startup tab.  It is only reporting the items that it is
>> "supposed" to run on bootup.  If you were to move one of the exe files it
>> is
>> showing, it can still show up as a supposedly fully functioning member of
>> this group of startup items.  However, if you move/remove the startup 
>> into
>> itself, it will affect the way that entry is shown within the Startup 
>> tab.
>> Seeing a listing without any worthwhile info obviously hints hard that
>> there
>> is a problem with that entry.
>
> *****
> msconfig reports what (and where) it has been told should load at startup.
> This is obviously not a complete list of everything that starts at startup
> and equally obvious it does not mean that everything listed will actually
> start.  Do I have that right?
> *****


Correct on all counts.  It's on a need to know basis and it's knowledge is 
extremely limited.


>>    And now onto what Autoruns is showing.  Focusing solely on the lines
>> with check boxes, the ones that are of any real interest are the ones 
>> that
>> claim the file was not found.  I am using this approach because I can see
>> no
>> other signs that indicate any issues with the other entries.  For most of
>> these, it's because your system doesn't use that functionality.  So,
>> either
>> the function they represent has been disabled (intentionally in most
>> cases)
>> or the file is actually needed, but not where it's supposed to be or
>> nonexistent altogether.  You're only interest here is in any of them that
>> are actually needed, but not found.
>>
>>    Since there are a number of these "file not found' entries (and I am
>> not
>> familiar enough with all of the files to simply rule most of them out),
>> you
>> will need to do a bit of research in order to eliminate or verify the
>> status
>> of each one.  Since each check box listing belongs to a specific registry
>> key, some will be more obvious than others.  For instance, Display 
>> Panning
>> belongs to the HKLM Approved Desktop Shell Extensions group.  These deal
>> primarily with context menu items and never show up within the Startup
>> tab.
>> You can, therefore, remove this missing file entry from consideration. 
>> It
>> is disabled (Windows never copied over the file it would need) because at
>> least part of your graphics subsystem (your card, monitor or both) 
>> doesn't
>> support the feature.
>>
>>    When you have whittled down the list of 'file not found' items as much
>> as possible, post what's left and we'll go hunting.     :O)
>
> *****
> It will likely take some time for me to do the research and report back.
> Lousy work schedule this week.  Hopefully Sunday.  Maybe as late as 
> Friday.
>
> While you wait I will tell you that if anything is not working correctly I
> have not noticed it or I don't know how it is supposed to work to begin
> with.  If anything is failing to work at all, I don't miss it (yet).
>
> Sonic seems to be working fine.  It has always done everything I asked it 
> to
> do.
>
> It is hard to keep focused on getting the swamp drained when you are up to
> your neck in a herd of hungry alligators.  I don't want to lose track of 
> the
> original question:  What are those two entries in msconfig with no
> information except the registry key location?
>
> Don
> *****


The only way to answer your original question is to eliminate everything 
that they are not.  This entire exercise is meant to do just that.  To me, 
it's more effort than it's worth (I've done similar exercises before), but 
there's a whole lot of learning to be had.  The choice to persue the ends is 
all yours.  On the other hand, have you tried the reinstall yet?  It may 
make all of this moot. 


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