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Windows Startup utility
I am running Windows 98SE and have noted recently a decrease in system
response time. I decided to remove some programs listed in the "System Configuration Utility" (msconfig) start up tab. I unchecked a number of programs including "msnmsgr", "countryselection" and "ptsnoop". After unchecking these three they each show up rechecked the next time I reboot the system. I have Norton Anti Virus which I have ran many times, it shows no viruses. I have also tried to find out what "ptsnoop" is to no avail. Any help will be greatly appreciated. |
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Buckeye 4805 Buckeye had this to say: I am running Windows 98SE and have noted recently a decrease in system response time. I decided to remove some programs listed in the "System Configuration Utility" (msconfig) start up tab. I unchecked a number of programs including "msnmsgr", "countryselection" and "ptsnoop". After unchecking these three they each show up rechecked the next time I reboot the system. I have Norton Anti Virus which I have ran many times, it shows no viruses. I have also tried to find out what "ptsnoop" is to no avail. Any help will be greatly appreciated. ptsnoop http://www.liutilities.com/products/...brary/ptsnoop/ Non-essential but nothing harmful. msnmsgr: Open MSN Messenger from the task bar, click options, disable running at startup and running in the background, close it and it should be all gone. countryselection: It's the country selection for your modem's settings. Again harmless but you SHOULD be able to disable it if you want to. See below. Don't use MSCONFIG if you can help it. That's more a diagnostic utility in my findings than a solution. Instead try this, it's free, free of spyware, free of malware, has no trojans, and is a handy utility to own. http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml You'll want the full version that's all of 56 kb at that site. Instead of deleting the ones you don't want you can disable them which makes it very effective in my opinion. It will install to the Control Panel and is a rather handy (and light) utility that's fully capable on all Windows Platforms. Hope that helps. Galen -- "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes |
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Buckeye 4805 wrote:
I am running Windows 98SE and have noted recently a decrease in system response time. I decided to remove some programs listed in the "System Configuration Utility" (msconfig) start up tab. I unchecked a number of programs including "msnmsgr", "countryselection" and "ptsnoop". After unchecking these three they each show up rechecked the next time I reboot the system. I have Norton Anti Virus which I have ran many times, it shows no viruses. I have also tried to find out what "ptsnoop" is to no avail. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Don't mess with stuff unless/until you understand what they are and what you are doing. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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If you want to stop programs from loading on boot there are several ways to
accomplish it: You should only use msconfig for troubleshooting problems, although it could be used for stubborn programs until you find a way to disable them otherwise. Click Start Run, type in: msconfig and hit enter. Click on the Startup tab and uncheck the program you wish to disable. If the program adds a new second entry on reboot, then there is probably a way in the programs options that will disable it. Right click on the programs icon in the systray to see if there is an option to disable it from loading on boot. Open the program/s in question and check their options to see if they have one to disable it from loading on boot. Remove any entries from the Startup folder that you do not want to load on boot. Uninstall the program you don't want loading if out of other options. Look in Start Run, type in: sysedit and hit enter. Click on the win.ini window and see if there is anything after load= or run=, these lines are usually blank after the =. Remove anything after the = on those lines if you do not want it running. Look in the Registry under these keys: Start Run, type in: regedit and hit enter. Navigate to the following keys: hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre nt version\run hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre nt version\RunOnce hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\run hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunOnce hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunOnceEx hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunServices hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunServicesOnce Remove or REM the entries from within these keys in the right pane. Always backup the registry before making any changes so that you may import the keys back in should anything go wrong. Haphazardly removing keys in the registry is very dangerous and can render your system useless. Be 100% sure of what you are doing and what you remove can be safely done. You can Backup the registry key/s while in regedit: Click on Registry on the menu bar while in the registry, click on “Export Registry File.�. Choose a location, I recommend saving it to the desktop and it makes it easy to find. Place a check next to “Selected Branch� and give the file a memorable name, select save, make your changes and close out. If you have no problems after say 2 weeks, you can delete the exported files. If you have problems, double click the reg file on the desktop to import/merge it back into the registry. Do Not back up the entire registry in the registry editor. Importing it back while in windows can be harmful to the machine. A registry backup is created each new calendar day a machine is booted. If you wish to perform a new backup of the registry after the machine has been booted, got to Start Run, type in: scanregw and hit enter. You will be prompted that a registry has already been backed up for the day and do you wish to create a new one, click yes. More on Backing up/restoring the registry: How to Back Up the Registry in Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;256419 HOW TO: Backup, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;322754 How to Manually Restore the Windows 98/Me Registry http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;221512 -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Buckeye 4805" Buckeye wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and have noted recently a decrease in system response time. I decided to remove some programs listed in the "System Configuration Utility" (msconfig) start up tab. I unchecked a number of programs including "msnmsgr", "countryselection" and "ptsnoop". After unchecking these three they each show up rechecked the next time I reboot the system. I have Norton Anti Virus which I have ran many times, it shows no viruses. I have also tried to find out what "ptsnoop" is to no avail. Any help will be greatly appreciated. |
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