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Originally posted by CookieRevised
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Originally posted by saralk
In windows 98/98SE/ME/XP:
Start > Run > Type "msconfig" (without the quotes)
Click on the start-up tab.
In 2000:
www.techadvice.com/win2000/m/msconfig
That's a bad method...
Although it "works", it will not be permanent. If you use msconfig to delete keys then Windows will create a temporary alternative bootsequence. You will allways start up with it then instead of the normal bootsequence (look at the General Tab after you've unselected an item, the selective-bootsequence will be choosen)....
Either use your regeditor directly (regedit.exe) or use a 3rd party application...
Furthermore, msconfig wont show you all the possible startup locations, there are many many more location in the registry.
The best program I've found and that will show ALL possible keys is called AutoRuns. It's free, small, very regulary updated, and you don't need to install it, only run it....
There is also another (better known) very popular program (which name I forgot), but that will not show all the possible keys either!! (It does show some more keys then msconfig though)...
May i ask something?
Does AutoRuns give a description of the selected item?
Because i know a program (not freee) which tells you the description of the selected item.
The only reason i dont like it is because it says that Messenger Plus! has spyware
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