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powers2002
06-11-02, 04:38 PM
How do you disable programs from running at startup (in win 2K)...like on the older 9x versions of windows you had msconfig where you could select what programs you wanted from the list along with the system ini, autoexec, etc...

Gravity Man
06-11-02, 05:10 PM
I just use regedit, and delete them from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run.

The Coolest
06-11-02, 05:23 PM
I can't find it right now, but I've downloaded the msconfig file some time ago and it works great on 2k. the same as win9x
if u have a win9x installation, try to copy the msconfig.exe file from it and paste it in the Win2k dir

lord_moose
06-11-02, 05:33 PM
I agree with GravityMan... use the regedit... just don't screw with anything else in there, you can really do a number on your system. the key/path is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

what I usually do instead of deleteing anything (just incase) is double click on the entry in there, and add "REM" (w/o the quotations) before the key value... the regestry will skip these entries, and incase something gets screwed up... you can just delete the "REM" and it will run it again.

Malpine Walis
06-11-02, 10:22 PM
Here is a link that has the msconfig file:

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81575&highlight=msconfig