Comments for What can I uncheck in MSCONFIG's Startup List?

Comment from Lynne S-Jones on 2010-12-05

2010-12-05T17:34:26Z

Brilliant - I'll do some trawling to discover what must remained checked. My Dell Inspiron takes 8' to be usable!

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Comment from Becky Jenkins on 2010-09-18

2010-09-18T21:47:35Z

All you have to do is go to this website and it lists everything alphabetically and you click on the name of the file and it tells you whether you can or can't: http://www.tasklist.org/tasklist_u.html

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Comment from Yeppers on 2010-09-14

2010-09-14T16:46:49Z

Leo, near the end of this article, you mention three important points, with one of them being Backup. Let�s assume my data files are already backed up to an external drive. Before making any changes to the MSCONFIG startup list, is it sufficient at this point to just create a restore point? Thanks...

Technically I suppose, but I really dislike System Restore as restore points often disappear when they're needed, and it doesn't backup everything people thing it does.

17-Sep-2010

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Comment from Ivy on 2010-07-15

2010-07-15T15:28:08Z

Like Sean said, this is a terrible response - wordy and the question wasn't even answered. Sure, you can Google every item in msconfig, but what if you don't know if it's absolutely necessary to keep? Not every description you Google gives you this information.

Thanks to Sheeze for posting the link to the "start-up list." You can search on each file in msconfig and it will tell you what is does and if it's necessary. And I'll bet all of your files are there - as of today, they have 21559 items listed.

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Comment from Goalder Johnston on 2010-03-16

2010-03-16T20:55:43Z

Why do i get the error message "cannot find msconfig" when i try to run msconfig

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Comment from Sheeze on 2009-12-30

2009-12-30T13:29:14Z

The "Start-Up List" (http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php) is an informative site that is very helpful in determining which programs can be unchecked in the MSconfig start-ups applications. Just write down a list of the items that you are unsure of ... enter the questioned item in the search bar at this site and read the results.

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Comment from sean on 2009-02-05

2009-02-06T03:01:24Z

that was the worst answer ever - how about reccommeding a website that tells ou each .exe, what it is, what it does and define what the user can do with it such as... http://www.startup.networktechs.com/search.php ... instead of some long meaningless answer that really didn't answer anything!

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Comment from Ryan Paul on 2008-06-18

2008-06-19T00:56:49Z

I'd just like to find out the description of a program in the start-up list in "msconfig" so i know if it's safe to disable it. i'm using vista home premium if it helps. Dell inspiron 1720. Thank you very much.

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Comment from Luis Miguel on 2008-05-25

2008-05-25T10:42:16Z

Don't forget:

Antivirus and protection tools also runs on startup.
If you disable them you may be opening several doors to virus, adware and spyware

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Comment from Emil S Kapcar on 2007-02-18

2007-02-18T20:26:46Z

Win Patrol is a step up from msconfig and it is free. The program identifies and monitors the association of every entry and offers suggestions regarding the selected item. Also, for a small fee, by contribution, you can upgrade to a more robust version. Have been a happy user for years.

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Comment from ALEX on 2006-08-27

2006-08-27T19:03:15Z

vendor "WILD TANGET" = (Data Miner)?????

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Comment from Lyman Layton on 2006-04-28

2006-04-29T03:02:50Z

Hi, I have removed all but "systray" or something simular on all my computers without any problems, so far. I don't know how much faster it makes my computer, but it has not hurt any of them yet.

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Comment from Thomas on 2006-04-28

2006-04-29T02:18:55Z

Try Pcpitstop.com

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Comment from Carl G. on 2006-04-28

2006-04-29T01:33:21Z

I have everything "unchecked" in the msconfig list. Everything works fine on my machine. Anything that is NEEDED by the machine (in my situation "nvidea" stuff), are automatically "checked" (re-started) when the machine starts up again anyway - so I leave them alone. The msconfig stuff is just "luxury" processes anyway - nothing critical.

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Comment from Terry on 2006-04-26

2006-04-26T19:42:27Z

Sorry I think I goofed by posting a question here? Duh!!

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Comment from Terry on 2006-04-26

2006-04-26T19:35:23Z

Hi, I just discovered your site and it's helped me already. I tried a quick search on your archive but didn't find an answer.

I'm cleaning out programs and came across wildtangent web driver. Wildtanget may have come with this new (11/05) Dell XPmedia edition.
Specific question: Can I delete Wildtangent safely?

This program has web accessibility according to my Norton Firewall. A Google search suggests it's unnecessary or suspicious. As I tried to remove (using add/remove), the message warned it's a media player that runs Wildtangent and Dell games. I don't do games but hate to eliminate all possibilities for someone else in the future.

A general question: Are these various media players redundant? Won't programs such as Real or the Windows component do the same job?

Thank you

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Comment from Leo on 2006-04-24

2006-04-24T17:13:58Z

The "problem" with HijackThis (which I agree is an excellent tool) is that it's perhaps the geekiest of all. It really takes someone familiar with it to interpre the results. That being said, there is a support forum for exactly that. This link will take you the site providing HijackThis: http://ask-leo.com/d-hijackthis

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Comment from Curtis on 2006-04-24

2006-04-24T07:06:20Z

Anoher excellent tool is HijackThis!.

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