Win2K didn't come with MSCONFIG, but you can still extract a copy of msconfig.exe from your Windows 98 CD and run it. It'll display error messages for config.sys, win.ini,autoexec.bat, & system.ini (since Win2k doesn't have these files either...just click OK in the error dialog boxes) but the general & startup tabs will still work fine & you will be able to clean out your startup list. I use it on my Win2k laptop with no problems.

MSCONFIG.exe belongs in your C:\WINNT\system32 folder.

*edit* Recently, Scott Finnie said in his newsletter "not to try" win98's msconfig (though he wasn't specific & didn't site any references), although any other net reference I could find states that it can be used, though with limited functionality, and with no problems (like I said, I use it & have no problems with it). More recent articles I have found state that you can use XP's version, which is fully functional under win2K. Here are my references:

MSCONFIG
MSCONFIG
MSCONFIG

So, for Win2k, obviously XP's version is the better of the two, since it provides FULL functionality. I wasn't away of that tidbit until recently... :-O
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Message Edited on 12/21/01 03:16PM by Pam G.

You cannot do MSCONFIG with Windows 2000.
You can still clear out the Startup Folder.

-Right click on Start
-Choose Explore
-Expland the plus sign next to Programs under Start Menu
-Highlight the Startup folder at the bottom of the list.
-Select all programs on the right side of the screen and press the delete key.
-That will clear up your Startup Folder.

I've got a similar system, and also thought it was a slow startup, considering I've got a 1.5G processor. I think 2000 is a just a big OS, for one thing. You can go to programs, startup and play with some of the programs that launch automatically, settings, taskbar and startup, advanced, remove.

msconfig is not a command 2000 recognizes.

http://www.greatis.com/regrun3.htm

For users without a version of Windows that includes Msconfig, you can download a copy from the Delltal Tweekz site (link below my signature) which has updated information thanks to the post from Pam G. above.

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