-=PCTechTalk=- Of list Re: Interesting entries in mscofig startup
- From: "Mike the mod" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 20:07:02 -0700
Hi Ray fellow mods,
you may want to suggest/look at Sysinternals
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/0e18b180-9b7a-4c49-8120-c47
c5a693683.aspx>
The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a
single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting
tools and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools like
the BSOD Screen Saver or NotMyFault.
-=-=-
It is free from Microsoft and has a very good Process Monitor tool
"Process Monitor v1.33
By Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
Published: May 12, 2008
Introduction
Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows
real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines
the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and
adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive
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reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol
support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more.
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Google =
http://www.google.ca/search?num=50&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=systernals
IHTH
Mike
******* REPLY SEPARATOR *********
On 5/30/2008 at 10:52 PM Gman wrote:
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.
S N I P
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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