"...is currently in Diagnostic..."
.
This is a trouble shooting mode.
You "can" run this way "forever", but MS suggests you do not.
("IT" is just one more thing that has to run perfectly, or things
get even worse...)

I would have said the same as the other poster, and have even
done EXACTLY THAT, as recently as this morning while solving
a firewall issue...

Since "doing it right" involves manually editing the Registry, I can
see why (and agree) that you need more help (and advise) while
attempting this...

If you gave the exact names of what you disabled, ON the list,
(and why), someone will help you make the necessary changes
that will fix this problem for good...

Disclaimer: I do not use the programs you want to get rid of...
Did you check in their "options" to shut them down? (If it is the
program I am thinking of it can be a little hard to find that setting...)

                                                Rick Glazier

From: "CHanson"
> As far as I know, it's not improper to remove the check marks in MSConfig. 
> I don't think there would be the option to do that, if it wasn't proper, and 
> I find it preferable to messing around with the operating system, by 
> removing parts of it.  (The items whose check marks I removed are MS 
> Messenger items.)

Someone else said:
>> Run MSCONFIG again and recheck everything you unchecked in the STARTUP 
>> tab. If you want to get rid of the things you unchecked permanently - do 
>> it properly by going to the described location (shown in MSCONFIG) and 
>> remove it completely.



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