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| Thread ID: 70420 | 2006-07-02 12:01:00 | I can not open msconfig? | DuyNZ (10405) | Press F1 |
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| 468087 | 2006-07-02 12:01:00 | I don't know why but I can not open msconfig to control my startup. Can you help me please? | DuyNZ (10405) | ||
| 468088 | 2006-07-02 12:10:00 | What version of windows are you using? :confused: | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 468089 | 2006-07-02 12:13:00 | I am using window xp home edition service pack 2 | DuyNZ (10405) | ||
| 468090 | 2006-07-02 12:49:00 | That happened to me once. Msconfig was repeatedly blocked by a setting in Spybot Search & Destroy. Do you have that? Do you get any message when it won't open? Do you have Administrator privileges on the machine? I'm far from being an expert, so may not be able to help, but those answers may give someone else more clued up than me some clues. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 468091 | 2006-07-02 15:33:00 | First let me ask the obvious (to me) question... Can you open and leave opened..the RUN window? (START>>RUN) If you can and it actually stays visable, then you have a problem with either SpyBot (not a true problem really!), or as stated before, an Administrator's problem. However, if you only see a flash of the black RUN window, then you will need to access the C:\ prompt window thru START>>PROGRAMS>>ACCESSORIES>>SYSTEM TOOLS area and make your request from there. I believe this change in the RUN vs C:\ is because of either TweakUI or SP-2. BTW: all your start-ups and such can be controlled through SpyBot in the Advanced Mode. Much easier and you just toggle them off or on as you see fit and you can repair anything you should not have messed with there too. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 468092 | 2006-07-02 19:32:00 | or you could use xsetup which can control startups and a whole lot more www.x-setup.net |
straitjacket (9698) | ||
| 468093 | 2006-07-03 00:12:00 | Got same problem, go to C/Windows/Services Pack/i386/msconfig Must sort out why Run Msconfig does not work. |
FrankS (257) | ||
| 468094 | 2006-07-03 01:11:00 | I don't have spybot software in my computer. When I try to open msconfig, I got flash. I meant it appear for 1/1000 second and disappear and nothing else show up. Not only msconfig, I cannot open regedit as well. I don't know why. Please help me fix it. | DuyNZ (10405) | ||
| 468095 | 2006-07-03 01:16:00 | Like I said . . if it just flashes and goes away immediately, you probably have either TweakUI or SP-2 installed, and either of them (don't know which) modifies the RUN window . Do it this way: START>>PROGRAMS>>ACCESSORIES>>SYSTEM TOOLS and look for the C:\ prompt icon . Click it and you'll see what you are looking for . . the ol' RUN window . It might be called : C-prompt |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 468096 | 2006-07-03 01:44:00 | You haven't yet said whether or not you are the Administrator on this machine. As you apparently can't access ways to make some Registry changes, perhaps you are not? Have you ever been able to do this? |
Laura (43) | ||
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