Whenever I edit the files manually they get reset (when I run MSConfig). I have heard that you have to edit duplicates of these files which are hidden somewhere in the Windows folder. Is this true? By the way, the solution is not just to stop using MSConfig, because it's an essential program and I can't just quit using it.

Well you are part of the way there. Windows Millennium removes the entrys by default as it no longer supports real mode drivers, in preration for jump to the NT environment of XP Home and future editions of Windows. In MSConfig, there is a tab called, environment, I believe, in it you will see the PATH= statment, just add your autoexec and config items into that, order them how you would like them to start, config.sys variables first Say ok to all of that, and it will be added to the system start-up list The items will not be placed in the autoexec.bat or config.sys files, but in the system registry and will be executed after Win32 has started, not before Hope that helps you

I've read every post about this and I'm still looking for the actual file that add's those commands back to the autoexec.bat file. I've done a search in the registry and it's not there. I want nothing inside my auto.bat file but it keeps adding those few commands. Can someone pls tell me..What file is it reading to write back to the auto.bat? I've actually deleted the auto.bat file and it's written back every boot. There's got to be a hack possible. thx