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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)
Using regedit (type regedit in the run box) check out the following keys.
The default settings should look like this
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\ExpandFrom]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\ExpandTo]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\services]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\state]
"system.ini"=dword:00000000
"win.ini"=dword:00000000
"bootini"=dword:00000000
"services"=dword:00000000
"startup"=dword:00000000
If there are any other entries then you have found the item that is causing
the issue
Regards
Mark Dormer
"Stephen R. Diamond" <srd
iamond152000@yahoo.com> wrote in message news
psb4n52rnun0prw@jq0arm4...
> After I used msconfig to resolve a problem and then specified normal
> startup, it continues to appear on startup, with the message that I have
> specifed a special startup. The KB suggests that when this happens, to
> make
> sure all startup items and services are marked to startup normally. They
> are, but the dialog continues to appear. I looked around in the registry
> for something that might turn it off, but I couldn't spot anything. Can
> someone suggest a way to turn off the msconfig dialog?
>
> srdiamond
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)
See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Disable MSConfig Selective Startup Screen.
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"Stephen R. Diamond" <srdiamond152000@yahoo.com> wrote in message newspsb4n52rnun0prw@jq0arm4...
> After I used msconfig to resolve a problem and then specified normal
> startup, it continues to appear on startup, with the message that I have
> specifed a special startup. The KB suggests that when this happens, to make
> sure all startup items and services are marked to startup normally. They
> are, but the dialog continues to appear. I looked around in the registry
> for something that might turn it off, but I couldn't spot anything. Can
> someone suggest a way to turn off the msconfig dialog?
>
> srdiamond
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