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Clearing startup in 2000?

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by jkaras

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Ok, being a fan of win98 only for the ability to cleanup the startup using msconfig, however a friend asked me how to clear it up in 2000 pro. Technet claims that all it's operating systems except for 2000 uses msconfig. It claims that the resource cd, which I have, claims that it has a tool called startup.vbs that does the same thing. Installed the cd and couldnt find the program. Does anybody know how to use this or where to find it to clear up the startup files? It amazes me that they didnt utilize this tool with normal deployment to avoid any spyware let alone bulky statups after installing software. Suggestions welcome.

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by jkaras

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by jkaras

I tried to go to the link you posted but it claimed that it moved or couldnt find it. It didnt appear that it had any spaces when I attempted. Did it have a Q# for easier finding?

by ann777

There is a space embedded before the "URL" in the above link.

But you can copy msconfig from Win98 and use it the same way on a Win2000 computer.

by jkaras

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by Member 26962261

You can use regedit command and delete the program you don't want to start.

Here is the reg keys for the startup program:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Some of the keys under Run mustn't be deleted. so be sure what your are deleting.

by jkaras

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