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Justin

10-21-2003, 05:05 PM

I know I have a few programs running in the background
that I dont need and want to stop them, but when I search
for msconfig to change what loads and doesnt, it says that
it can not find the file. Is there another way I can edit
my start-up programs?

10-21-2003, 08:17 PM

one way is to copy msconfig.exe found on windows 98 to
windows 2000.

another is to d/l startup.exe for windows 2000. a free
software windows 2000 that acts like msconfig. just do a
search in google.com and search for msconfig +windows 2000.

>-----Original Message-----
>I know I have a few programs running in the background
>that I dont need and want to stop them, but when I search
>for msconfig to change what loads and doesnt, it says
that
>it can not find the file. Is there another way I can
edit
>my start-up programs?
>.
>

10-21-2003, 08:17 PM

Overlord

10-21-2003, 10:50 PM

I like Startup Control Panel (startup.cpl) myself. It breaks down
everything by where it is in the registry. You can enable, disable,
or delete items or add new items like batch files or utils you want to
fire up when Win does.

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:17:15 -0700,
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>one way is to copy msconfig.exe found on windows 98 to
>windows 2000.
>
>another is to d/l startup.exe for windows 2000. a free
>software windows 2000 that acts like msconfig. just do a
>search in google.com and search for msconfig +windows 2000.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I know I have a few programs running in the background
>>that I dont need and want to stop them, but when I search
>>for msconfig to change what loads and doesnt, it says
>that
>>it can not find the file. Is there another way I can
>edit
>>my start-up programs?
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Overlord

10-21-2003, 10:50 PM

R. C. White

10-22-2003, 03:17 PM

Hi, Justin.

For some reason, Microsoft left msconfig out of Win2K. They brought it back
in WinXP. As the other posters said, there are workarounds available for
Win2K.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Justin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0c7a01c397ed$27d1cc90$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I know I have a few programs running in the background
> that I dont need and want to stop them, but when I search
> for msconfig to change what loads and doesnt, it says that
> it can not find the file. Is there another way I can edit
> my start-up programs?

R. C. White

10-22-2003, 03:17 PM

10-27-2003, 09:51 PM

I have this file at home, send me mail to beraf@hotmail
and i mail for you this file and explication. It very easy
but must have msconfig file into windows to play whit it.
sorry for my english i'm french...
>-----Original Message-----
>one way is to copy msconfig.exe found on windows 98 to
>windows 2000.
>
>another is to d/l startup.exe for windows 2000. a free
>software windows 2000 that acts like msconfig. just do a
>search in google.com and search for msconfig +windows
2000.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I know I have a few programs running in the background
>>that I dont need and want to stop them, but when I
search
>>for msconfig to change what loads and doesnt, it says
>that
>>it can not find the file. Is there another way I can
>edit
>>my start-up programs?
>>.
>>
>.
>

10-27-2003, 09:51 PM