msconfig

Hi, I'm new here. I recently installed the beta on a dual boot machine (winXP is the other OS) and it it is working smoothly enough for me aside from the odd software compatibility issue. I do have one hardware issue: both task manager and CPU-z detect my quad core Q9300 as a single core when...

Under the general tab in msconfig in Vista Home Premium I have 3 buttons. Normal- which loads everything, Diagnostic Startup, and Selective Startup which has choices of load system services, load startup items, and use original boot configuration. Am I correct in selecting Selective startup with...

Changing my Vista to windows 7 beta I got blue screen crash when loading programs. Went to msconfig in safe mode and closed all start up programs except microsoft essentials. Then started reloading one by one and found the culprit. "Super Anti Spyware Killer free edition." will cause windows 7...

I have searched through this forum without much luck on this subject. I have a Intel quad core Q6600 CPU but only 2 of the cores are showing up in the Task Manager but if I check the device manager all 4 are showing there. Does anyone know if Windows 7 is using all 4 cores and just not showing 2...

Do I need all of these entries under startup under msconfig or can I uncheck any? Grovemonitor utility wscheduler java kaspersky startup launcher ms operating system

I recently toggled msconfig, and after I accidentally "closed" the language tool line, I just could't make it reappear, or make windows change to/write in greek anymore (using alt+shift). Windows stays greek, I just can't write in anymore. I tried the "Time and language-thingy" option, but it...

In msconfig Windows 7 is set by default for 1 processor. That strikes me as being wrong if, like me, you have a Core 2 Dual processor. I have 2 processors and not 1. You can change this in msconfig so that Windows 7 sees how many processors you have [1,2,or 4] at startup. This will speed up...

Sorry if someone has already asked this - can't believe no-one has! - but I've searched the forums and can't find anything... Where is the Software Explorer tool from Windows Defender? Particularly the tool to manage Startup programs? I agree in Vista it was awkwardly positioned since you...

I have been facing a problem with games in vista for the past 5 days. The games are getting dragged and discontinuous. I checked the task manager and found the cpu usage to be nearly 100% when games are running. I dont know whether that is the problem. I found that TrustedInstaller.exe was...