System Configuration Utility - MSConfig Mobile Tricks By Tharik Sham , Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Sunday, February 28, 2010, in

This trick provides information how to use the System Configuration utility (MSCONFIG.EXE) to view/disable/enable the startup components.
The System Configuration utility is available on Windows XP to provide an easy way to view/disable/enable the startup components. This feature could be used for trouble shooting the Windows XP machines. Understanding the System Configuration utility should help you disable or enable the startup components or services a lot easier.
The utility displays components found from these following startup sources:

• System.ini


• Win.ini


• Boot.ini


• Services


• Startup

To start the System Configuration Utility: click "Start" > "Run", then type "msconfig" and press Enter:

1."GENERAL"

"Normal Startup" should be selected as default, which allows Windows to load all available drivers and services.
- "Diagnostic Startup" - only basic drivers and services will be loaded on startup. Most application services as well as Networking, Plug and Play, Error Reporting services are disabled.
- "Selective Startup" - Select particular startup components.

II. "SYSTEM.INI", "WIN.INI", and "BOOT.INI"
"system.ini", "win.ini", and "boot.ini" are the three main components for Windows to startup, so be careful when you're making any changes here. Most of the times, you don't need to mess around with theese components since they are system components such as device drivers, fonts, bootup source, etc..

III. "Services"
This tab shows a list of all services available on the machine as well as their status. You can disable/enable the services by uncheck/check on the square box right in front of the service's name.

IV. "Startup"
This tab shows a list of all startup components available on the machine. The startup components can be found also from the registry table; however, this utility provide you an easy way to disable/enable the components. Note that the components with a check mark is one that will be called and loaded during the startup cycle of your machine.

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