Questions tagged [msconfig]
MSConfig is a utility to troubleshoot the Microsoft Windows startup process and is bundled with the operating system. It allows the user to disable or enable services and autostart entries, and change boot parameters.
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Msconfig -> Boot.ini -> Advanced Options -> Number of Processors
Are these the number of the processors used for boot time or the cpu cores? Also, what's the default value and what would happen if I activate the max number of processors on the drop down list?
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Automatically Enable/Disable services and Start-Up items in Windows XP
Is there a way to have "profiles" of services and startup items in XP. So I can reboot into an XP with my virusscanner enabled, and reboot with it disabled (not having to manually go into services and ...
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How to keep memory consumption below 500 MB or less than 25 processes at background on netbook?
I bought a netbook yesterday, (I'm loving it) but I will never understand why they need to be a lot of processes running on background. I worry about other users who have no idea about it and continue ...
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How to find the file used by each service listed on msconfig?
I need to know the file name of each service listed on msconfig. Is that in the Windows Registry?
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When you uncheck a startup entry in msconfig, where does the entry go?
Just as the title says. I'm using Windows XP and I was wondering where entries go when unchecked (including registry entries and entries in the Startup folder of the start menu).