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Orvis

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Msconfig

Sep 28th, 2006

Hi, on the startup processes in msconfig, how do i remove items from the list? I have uninstalled some of them and they are still there, even 2 viruses are there after they were deleted! Is it some kind of cache?

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Re: Msconfig

Sep 29th, 2006

i think that it's enough to remove ticks from them and thy won't boot.

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Re: Msconfig

Sep 29th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Orvis

Is it some kind of cache?

Not quite, but close- msconfig reads areas of the Registry to determine what gets displayed in its startup list. Deleting the Registry keys will clear the msconfig entries.

Linkage:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MSCONFIG.htm

Last edited by DMR; Sep 29th, 2006 at 5:25 am.

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