I, too, have used misconfig to disable things and thought I learned to do it via this list. Probably have not used misconfig since installing WinPatrol though and that has been a couple of years ago. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 7:34 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Start up question > Hi Gman, > > Glanced at the first link you sent. What is the difference doing it his > way rather than using "msconfig". I think in the past I have disabled > about > 2-3 services I can recall using "msconfig" to do it. I know one was one > of > those messenger things, I forgot another but was told to do it by a tech > by > phone and it did help the problem I was having, this was a long time ago > though. > > thanks, > > > Do not use "msconfig" to disable services, type "services.msc" in the Run > box instead! > Christine --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------