msconfig

I attempted to run msconfig to uncheck some progs in my startup, like I did already many times before, always with no problems at all. Then my Windows 7 Ultimate PC (Dell XPS M1530) crashed with a broken RAM (one of my two 2GB is defect, so I took it out and restarted with 2GB). All is fine...

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Hello! So. I've had my laptop for less than a month as of today. There were no problems running it since I've gotten it. The problem is after the boot up and log in, the laptop ceases to function and freezes after a few minutes.. I have no control whatsoever during this time. My only choice is...

Running Windows 7 Home Premium on the Toshiba T110/00D, and despite using msconfig to stop some of the many programs from loading up at boot time, I still find that it boots up in 2 minutes, which is still pretty slow for me. I was just wandering what else I can do to speed Windows 7 up...

I have two hard drives on my computer. One has Win 7 Ultimate 64bit (1T, default load) and the other Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit (500 gig). I want to be able to boot off the 32 bit HD to play my games, they run terrible on the 64 bit drive. I have gone to the msconfig boot tab and it does not show...

During initial Windows 7 start-up or re-log on a file tries to load titled "David" and the best I could come up with it is some type of "MIME" type file. I tired to use MSCONFIG to locate the errant file with no luck. Any suggestions:confused:?

I've just started using windows 7 and I was going through msconfig turning off things for startup. I noticed a exe that does not have a manufacturer. I've read that it MAY be safe, or MAY be harmful and was wondering how I could tell. Startup Item - Conime Manufacturer - Unknown Command -...

Hi. I had the 32-Bit version of Windows 7 installed last week with 2GB of RAM, and a few days ago decided to install the 64-Bit version and up my system to 4GB of RAM. Now, my sound card has sound issues, and did not with 32-Bit Windows 7 and the 2GB of RAM. I've tried all beta, non-beta (which...

I was running Vista Home I believe, and I just recently upgraded to the Windows 7 Home Premium (Student Version) via download. The download went smoothly (I left on overnight), but I have a few questions. It seems through the upgrade some of Vista came along with it, most visibly the Dell Dock...

I have now tried about ten times to upgrade my 64bit Vista Ultimate to Win 7 64bit ultimate (retail version) without success. I get the error message every time at 86%. I have played with my RAM, went into msconfig and unchecked everything but Microsoft files, I have removed AVG free, removed...

The major cause of problems when UPDATING from Vista to Windows 7 are programs like Antivirus, Firewalls, and the dozen or so programs that are loading when the system boots up. Save yourself a LOT of headaches and turn them all off and run Msconfig and uncheck all the boxes under startup. Then...

Hello all, Im having trouble when triying to use msconfig... it crashes don't know why, i have just installed my normal software and haven't changed anything in windows registry or something... it started suddenly and can't fix it... please help ! Thanks ps: im using windows 7 professional...

I had my system running with dual boot Vista Ultimate (32bit) and XP professional (32 bit). These OS were both installed on 2 separate partition of a single physical Hard disk. Now, I just did a full install of 64Bit Windows 7 Ultimate, on the partition where windows XP was installed. I had...

Zoo Tycoon 2 does not work with Windows 7 (and from the research I've done, Vista as well) due to RAM issues. Following the steps below fixed my problem. Error Message: You need at least 256 MB of system memory to run Zoo Tycoon 2. (xxx MB detected). Problem Resolution: 1. Open the start menu...

Hi all! I recently decided to try out Windows 7. I was previously using Vista 64bit so I though I could try to dual boot them. I have partitioned my main HD into 2, one for the current vista and another which I have named Windows7. Everything went fine when I was installing Windows 7. Note...

I installed W7 but needed to get rid of it (I did the 32-bit and I'm going to get 4 more GB to bump to 8GB of RAM soon so need the 64-bit) but I am stuck with the W7 boot menu and I can't get XP's back! I have a 500GB drive that I had 320 to XP and 50GB then the rest (about 75GB) unallocated. I...

Hey guys, I've been using RC Windows 7 since release. I had a few problems to start with but fixed them. Now, out of the blue, when I log in, all applications freeze like windows explorer, task manager etc. I can't open any new instances of any software but already open non-system software like...

I know this is a common problem but mine differs from everyone else. Here's the deal.. When I turn the computer on it never gets to the Login part. It just go to a black screen and stays there. Although, it works when I start it in Safe Mode. This problem started Friday, May 29, 2009. I've...

so i had Win7 RC as my main OS, then i got a second hard drive to put some file, all it had was some pics and videos, then i decided to pop in the XP cd and install it in the second drive, after the installation goes through i find that my Win7 is gone, it boots straight into XP and the OS...

hello there The touch pad icon in the notification area, is that ok to uncheck in msconfig, i am quite happy with the setting it already has, which would be the default setting.