You can actually use msconfig in Win2k (as well as 95 and NT). Just ignore
the error messages, but Win2k is like NT so if you really want to control
what starts up, you should go into Settings - Control Panel - Administrative
Tools - Services and either disable or set to Manual any service which you
don't need at start up. Here's a good article on tweaking Win2k services:
http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/win2k_services/index.shtml

There's also a small program called Win2k Startup Control Panel which acts
like msconfig for NT and 2k. You can find it on any freeware site.

John



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A. Wosnick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Startup monitor in Win2K??


> Does Windows 2000 have any sort of counterpart to the "msconfig" utility
in
> Win98?
>
> I am wondering if there is some easy way that I can determine, and if
> necessary, control the programs that start automatically when I boot. I
> realize some of these are in my Startup folder, but if Win2K is anything
> like Win98, there are a lot of processes going on in the background that
are
> loaded at startup, and if my Win98 experience means anything, not all of
> these are necessary nor welcome.
>
> Is Win2K similar? If so, how can I control the start-up behavior?
>
> Thanks to all.
>
> Michael
>
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