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ctrl prgrms that begin during startup

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by ajtwiztid17

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how do i control what starts when my computer starts? ive done it once i remember typing something into "run..." i used to have it stored but i caught a virus and restored windows and its not there. can you please help?

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by silverfireiii

As long as you have windows 98, ME, or XP. You should be able to click start, run, and type MSCONFIG. Unfortunately, Windows 2000 Pro does not come with MSCONFIG. There is one other thing you want to check. Make sure of what is in your startup folder, because those programs also start on startup.

by joseph moore

In addition to the previous answer, you can actually run a copy of MSCONFIG on Win2k. Just copy/paste it from a Win9x box onto the Win2K box.
When you double-click it, you will get errors saying that autoexec.bat, win.ini and other files are not found. Well, that is to be expected, since those files are not used by the NT/2000 kernel.
So, keep clicking on the error boxes; they will go away eventually.
MSCONFIG will eventually open. Click the Startup tab and unselect whatever apps you don't want to run so they won't run.

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