MSCONFIG | Windows 2000 |

MSCONFIG | Windows 2000 |

General Information - 

Windows 2000 does not have the MSCONFIG program that was provided with Windows 98.

You can use the Windows XP  version of MSCONFIG.

• Copy the file msconfig.exe from the c:\windows\system folder to the Windows 2000 c:\winnt\system32 folder. 

Download the msconfig.exe Windows 98 file from our site if you do not have it easily accessible.

• Click | Start | Run | and type msconfig on the text box and click the OK button to start MSCONFIG
• ignore the error messages you get about not finding the following files
  • config.sys
  • autoexec.bat
  • win.ini
  • system.ini
• Click the startup tab
• Check or Uncheck the check boxes of the programs you want to run or not run

Note:

the msconfig file is a simple stand-alone program so it runs on any computer, you just have to get the correct version, the win98 version works in win98 and NT 4 and some early versions of win2000 the XP version works on XP and later versions of 2000

also depending on your 2000 installation, you can also have the equivalent functionality of msconfig via the command path.... Programs , accessories, system tools, ...

the error shown when using the win98 version in later OS's is because the win98 version of msconfig program allows you to view/modify the contents of this file, if the operating system uses it. But win2000 and XP do NOT use startup files like config.sys and autoexec.bat so its not possible to view/edit them. If you use the mscongif version from win98 in NT4, it will attempt to open these files but end up giving an error. The XP version does not even try to open these files since it can use them in either 2000 or XP

Config.sys and autoexec.bat can be used in dedicated situations where old win95/98 programs run in the special mode. In this case there is a config.sys file that applies to only that one program and only while that program is open it its window. In this case config.sys can be used but windows does not really see it, only that one applications, therefore msconfig does not see it either.