Win95 Start Up

[FastAndFurious]

How can I disable items form starting up in Win95, I know there is no msconfig, and all I know of is win.ini, but thats not very helpful. This laptop keeps trying to run ie setup only to pop up with an error. Thanks :)

[shamus]

I think I'd check Start>Settings>Taskbar and Start Menu to see what was there first.

[FastAndFurious]

[quote]Originally posted by shamus:
<strong>I think I'd check Start>Settings>Taskbar and Start Menu to see what was there first.</strong><hr></blockquote>


I also know about the start up folder in the start menu, besides that.
Thanks anyway shamus ;)

[Rellik]

First, see if you can grab a copy of MSconfig.exe from a Win98 Machine, it should work fine.
makes things easier, or there are other utilities from download.com that can do the job like <a href="http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1461989-100-5943130.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-5.5943130" target="_blank">Startup cop</a>
Files you may need:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSCONFIG.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\HELP\MSCONFIG.CHM
C:\WINDOWS\HELP\MSCONFIG.CNT
C:\WINDOWS\HELP\MSCONFIG.HLP
c:\windows\system\tmsconfig.dll ??don't know about this one

Three Places to look
Start menu:
under the Startup section
often c:\windows\start menu\startup WIN.INI
you can run SYSEDIT.exe
it should be under the [windows] section as the run= and the load= lines Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run << this one starts up the programs no mater who logs on
or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run << this one is just for the user currently logged in

also check under Runservices while in regedit under currentversion.

[shamus]

[quote]Originally posted by FastAndFurious:
<strong>


I also know about the start up folder in the start menu, besides that.
Thanks anyway shamus ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

Damn, I need to stop thinking I'm dealing with high school teachers and students when I post here :rolleyes: Rellik is pointing you in the right direction.....sorry man if I came off condescending :o

[FastAndFurious]

[quote]Originally posted by shamus:
<strong>

Damn, I need to stop thinking I'm dealing with high school teachers and students when I post here :rolleyes: Rellik is pointing you in the right direction.....sorry man if I came off condescending :o </strong><hr></blockquote>

Thats fine man, I forgot to say that I know that, you had no way of knowing, thanks for your help :cool:

[FastAndFurious]

[quote]Originally posted by Rellik:
<strong>First, see if you can grab a copy of MSconfig.exe from a Win98 Machine, it should work fine.
</strong><hr></blockquote>

Thanks! I didn't know you could do that. I will have to try that. :D