To run msconfig: Start > Run > msconfig > click OK and go to the Startup tab.
To remove UNCHECKED startup items in msconfig, first open the Registry Editor: Start > Run > regedit or regedt32 > OK
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg]
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SharedTools\MSConfig\startupfolder]
And remove unwanted entries, but it is a good practice to remember to first backup the Registry:
In the Menu of the Registry Editor, click File > Export > name the file and Save
Once the old Registry entries are removed, restart msconfig and under the Startup tab notice that the old, unused items are gone; now you can change to Normal Startup under the General tab of msconfig.
Source: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MSCONFIG.htm
Enjoy!
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Remove old msconfig startup entries
Posted - October 31 2004 : 9:30:08 PM
