hey all how do i do the equivalent of an msconfig to turn all my start up programs off on windows 2000? thanks in advance

You can use the one from w98

how do i find it, basically i want to be able to select what programs start up on my computer when it boots, how do i do this?

Is there any truth to the rumour of the 98 version sometimes working and sometimes ~not~, and the one from XP should be used? I did a search in this forum late last week and found several strings reflecting the above. Pro's & Con's. No definite answer. It was enough to make me hedge running the 98 version on my 2K machine. There is a posting (here in this forum) of an available version, but it's unclear which version it is.

There is a version for Win2K and XP that can be downloaded from Microsoft. It's and .exe file that runs by itself instead of through control panel. Don't know exactly where to find it. You might try searching for Windows XP powertoys

You can also try a couple of other programs. Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel is an excellent program for setting programs at startup. http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml Spybot also has this feature when you run in the advanced mode. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

"There is a version for Win2K and XP that can be downloaded from Microsoft." Yeah, went there, did that, I couldn't find it either. Checked Powertoys etc too. I spent about thirty minutes searching the M$/XP site. Could not find a direct stand alone program/utility download. I do have Mike Lin's Startup program, but I'd like to use the M$ XP version. BTW, the posting I was referring to in my last reply was: http://www.computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/16561.html