Actually MSCONFIG.EXE works in Windows 95.  That's what I use on my '95
machine.

Doug

At 3/19/01 11:28 PM, Volkard Linke wrote:

>At 09:55 PM 3/19/01 -0500, Bill Nussbaumer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>Hi can anyone give some advice for my mother in law?
>><running low on resources>
>>She's running Win95b and uses Norton Utilities.
>
>She should check System Resources when she first boots her machine. In my
>opinion, anything under 80% upon boot means there is too much running in
>the background... Using Win95, the only way I know of to rid yourself of
>these "startup" programs, would be to check the startup folder and remove
>those that are unnecessary. Using Win98, there is a utility called
>msconfig, to do just that... and the ability to uncheck those you don't
>want to run automatically. Another method, under Win95, to close these
>programs would be to use the Control-Alt-Delete, select the unwanted
>program, and End task them away. Unfortunately, every time you reboot, they
>will be back. Maybe, if she has sufficient resources upon bootup, but
>doesn't restart her machine often enough, a somple reboot now and then may
>help her out. Anyone know of another method, under 95 to rid oneself of
>these startup programs besides uninstalling them?

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