Windows Startup utility

[Buckeye 4805]

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.

[Galen]

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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/wintaskspro/processlibrary/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
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[Don Phillipson]

"Buckeye 4805" <Buckeye > wrote in message
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> 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

1. MSCONFIG is best used only for testing or
temporary adjustments. For any XYZ running at
reboot that you do not want to run at reboot, the
best method is to alter the setting or options within
the app -- precisely because of what you discovered:
an app set to run at reboot will do so, and its internal
setting will govern MSCONFIG.
2. Current opinion appears to disfavour NAV as
likely to slow your system.

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(Ottawa, Canada)

[dadiOH]

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.

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[Brian A.]

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.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;256419

HOW TO: Backup, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows 95, Windows 98,
and Windows Me
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322754

How to Manually Restore the Windows 98/Me Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;221512


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"Buckeye 4805" <Buckeye > wrote in message
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>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.