what's the "MSCONFIG" in win XP?
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It's an easy way to uncheck programs you don't want to start at boot for one. :) (which makes your computer boot faster)
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never ever use msconfig
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Windows XP has its own built in zipper, or use WinZip or WinRar
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start run type "msconfig"
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Start > Run > MSCONFIG\n\nClick the "Startup" tab.  Be very cautious when deselecting programs; you do not want to stop something from running that you need for the system to run.
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once desktop is displayed click on start and then run and type msconfig ->enter\n\nso to startup and then uncheck all the programs which u dont want at the start up or ones u think are just taking up RAM space and doing nothing..\n\nthis will work..trust me
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run > "MSCONFIG"\n\nBoot.ini tab\n\nDelete one entry of CP hpme (which is not working )\n\napply \n\nok\n\n\n\n\n\n.
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Or, if you want to actually keep the program but don't want the icon in your task bar, go into the program & look under Options or Preferences (will be under something else on the menu bar) & look for something that talks about the program starting when Windows starts or removing it from your system tray. You can also go Run ->MSCONFIG & go to the Startup tab & look for it there. When you find it, simply uncheck the box & it should disable it from starting with Windows. I would suggest, however, that you should leave MSCONFIG alone unless you are VERY comfortable with Windows or that you don't click anything unless you are CERTAIN it is the right thing as the wrong change to MSCONFIG can cause Windows not to boot up properly.
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1) Go to start.\n2) Select Run.\n3) Type in "msconfig" .\n4) The system configuration utility will open up.\n5) Open the services tab.\n6) De-select the real (or something like it option).
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msconfig - startup - click off all the excess crap
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1) press start\n2) press run\n3) run "msconfig"\n4) press startup\n5) choose the programs that you want or dont want\n6) press restart when you're done
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Right click on desktop and restore original settings? If that doesn't work you have a memory allocation problem...basically, you have so many things in your startup configuration that there is not enough memory left to initialize your desktop.\n\nRemedies: Run MSCONFIG from your Start...Run command and check the Startup tab. Remove everything that is not a required item. Basically, keep all windows, antivirus, spyware programs and disable everything else. Also, try restarting in safemode, if they come up there that is an assurance that it is memory related.
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Go to Start -> Run.  Type in 'msconfig' (no quotes) and hit OK.  Click the Startup tab and it will show you a list of all the processes set to load on startup.  But before you disable anything...MAKE SURE you check what it does first by running a google search on its name.  You wouldn't want to delete your keyboard driver...would you?
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If you are on XP, you simply (hah) need to "Set Program Access and Defaults"\nThe link to this may be in your start menu, your programs, or your accessories / system tools link.
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Some startup links can be in Start > Programs > Startup\n\nor Go to Start > Run > type msconfig, click ok.\n\nFrom there you can select which programs run on Windows startup!
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There are 2 ways to review startup info.  \n\n1)MSConfig allows you to enable/disable programs, but doesn't allow you to set the order of load\n\n2) using regedit : the info is in two places as there are programs that start for the machine as a whole and programs that start for each individual user. The paths to this information are :\n\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\n...Software\n......Microsoft\n.........Windows\n............CurrentVersion\n...............Run\n\nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\n...( same as above )\n\nI've never tried it, but it would make sense that if you changed the order of the registry entries that you change the order of the load.\n\nBy the way thanks for answering my Warren Buffett question so fast!
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First, do start -control panel -add & remove programs\nRemove any you don't want/use.\nThen do start - run. Enter 'msconfig' without the quotes and (if you know what they are) disable any programs from starting up on boot that you don't want to.\nSpyware/adware scans are probably worth doing, if you don't do them regularly already.