Oh, OK, I figured they would've engineered something that handy out of the
OS by now. Luckily, I haven't had a need for XP so far. ;-)
""Esler, Joel"" <joel.esler@us.army.mil> wrote in message
news:IPEEJFLADOGIHCGFJNEBKECOCLAA.joel.esler@us.army.mil...
>
> hey, XP does have msconfig thank you very much.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]On Behalf Of mrdancer
> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 4:10 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: DML: Re: Re: computer problem
>
>
>
> MSCONFIG is ok, but I find that a little freeware program called
> StartupManager works much better (easy to enable/disable specific
programs,
> as well as determining when a startup program has been loaded with the
> install of another program). You can find it here:
>
> http://members.aye.net/cgi-bin/dfs_components.cgi?fw_startupmanager
>
> Also, if you're running something like Win2K or XP that doesn't offer
> MSCONFIG, you can get the Startup Control Panel from www.mlin.net which
will
> do the same thing.
> HTH
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> ""Gary Hedlin"" <ghedlin@theramp.net> wrote in message
> news:aegr4g$e40$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> >
> > click start go to run, type in MSCONFIG, select startup
> >
> > Uncheck everything but systemtray
> >
> > Reboot
> >
> > That should solve your problem
> >
> >
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> > <JAMEPC@aol.com> wrote in message news:60.2163fe55.2a3d44b1@aol.com...
> > >
> > > No, not my Dakota's, but I noticed some people on the list with
> extensive
> > > personal computer knowledge!
> > > I'm at my inlaws for "vacation" and their computer is extremly slow
and
> > > freezes sometimes. I had to ctrl-alt-delete it several times. When I
> did,
> > I
> > > noticed 19 programs running in the background. I searched the files
and
> > most
> > > of them are Dell help programs, Dell tech support and other things
that
> > need
> > > not run. How do I stop them from loading!!??
> > > I know it's off topic, but I'm sure it won't be an ongoing topic!
> > > Thanks for all the help.
> >
> >
>
>
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