So how do you know which programs you can safely de-select in msconfig, and which ones you must leave alone? I have included a powerful database in this Recipe called start_ups.exe.

Click Start, type "msconfig" in the Search box and click the "msconfig.exe" program to launch the System Configuration utility. Click the "Startup" tab to view all programs that are configured to ...

Microsoft continues to bundle the venerable System Configuration utility (Msconfig.exe) with all current versions of Windows, and that includes Windows Server 2003. Learn more about using the ...

Remove disabled startup entries in MSConfig MSConfig allows you only to disable items. But MSConfig does not let you delete or remove the disable startup items.

Q. In the January 2002 column you mentioned using msconfig to deselect startup applications when Windows becomes unstable. However, while Windows 98 and ...

When I click Start and then Run and type in msconfig.exe, I get a thing called the Startup tab. There I see many programs starting every time my machine boots up. I would like to delete the unused ...

Microsoft continues to bundle the venerable System Configuration utility (Msconfig.exe) with all current versions of Windows, and that includes Windows Server 2003. In addition to modifying the ...