How To Access Msconfig In Windows 8

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HP PCs - Using Microsoft Organization Configuration (Windows x, eight)

This certificate is for HP and Compaq PCs with Windows 10 and Windows 8.

The Microsoft System Configuration (msconfig) tool is a Microsoft software application used to modify configuration settings, such as which software opens with Windows. It contains several useful tabs: General, Kicking, Services, Startup, and Tools. This document explains how you tin use these tabs to resolve problems with your figurer.

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For business computers, changes made using Microsoft Organisation Configuration might revert afterwards reboot, or items might be unavailable or grayed out. These changes could be related to the management of the PC, where policies might be set up. Check with your company IT department or your local IT service for more than information.

Figure : System Configuration Window

System Configuration windows with the tabs General, Boot, Services, Startup and Tools encircled in red

Opening msconfig to troubleshoot software bug in Windows 10 and 8

In Windows, type msconfig into Search, and then select System Configuration from the search results in Windows 10, or msconfig in Windows viii.

The System Configuration window opens.

General tab of the msconfig window

For troubleshooting purposes, in the general tab you can either forestall all nonessential software and services from loading or you lot tin can forbid individual programs from loading.

Preventing all nonessential software and services from loading

For troubleshooting purposes, use the following steps to forbid all software programs from automatically opening when Windows starts. This volition increase usable memory and processor time.

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Use the following steps to forbid all startup items from opening, including antivirus software and other software that provides important functions. Follow these steps for troubleshooting purposes only. If preventing all startup items from loading resolves the problem, you can use the Startup tab (see following section) to foreclose an individual software item from loading.

Click the General tab.
Select Selective Startup, and deselect Load startup items.

Figure : Deselecting Load startup items
Click the Services tab.

Select Hide all Microsoft services, so they will non be disabled, and and so click Disable all to disable the remaining items on the services tab.

Figure : Services tab
Restart the computer for the changes to take upshot.

If you lot find the problem no longer occurs after yous forestall all software from loading, you lot tin can use the startup tab to try to find the verbal software title that is causing the problem. Select all but one championship from the startup tab and restart. Continue doing this, deselecting software and restarting each fourth dimension, until the problem no longer occurs. When you lot determine which software is causing the result, uninstall it or prevent it from loading when Windows opens.
When you accept finished using the Organisation Configuration tool, open information technology again and select Normal Startup and click OK.

Preventing private programs from loading

Employ the General tab to prevent specific software applications from opening with Windows. The following selections are on the General tab:

Normal startup - instructs Windows to open up all software applications that are normally scheduled to beginning with Windows.
Diagnostic startup - starts Windows with bones services and drivers only. With this mode, yous can make up one's mind if a basic Window file is the problem.
Selective startup - allows y'all to choose which programs and services you desire to open up, and which you want to keep from opening at startup tab.

Figure : General tab

General tab

Kicking tab of the msconfig window

The Boot tab is used to alter the way Windows starts. The option in the boot tab show configuration options listed inside the organization data file. Some options in the Kicking tab are:

Safe boot: Minimal - Disables networking. Boots to the Windows user interface (Explorer) in safe mode, running disquisitional system services only.
Safe boot: Alternate crush - Disables networking. Boots to the command prompt in safe mode, running critical system services but.
Safe kicking: Active Directory repair - Similar to minimal safe boot, except the Active Directory is enabled.
Safe boot: Network - Similar to a minimal safe kick, except the network is enabled.
No GUI boot - The Windows splash screen is disabled when booting
Boot log - Stores all information from the boot process in a file.
Base video - Boots to Windows user interface in minimal VGA mode.
OS kicking information - Shows each driver name as each driver is loaded during the boot process.
Make all boot settings permanent - Changes made in Organization Configuration are not tracked. If you want to make changes later, you volition accept to do so manually. Selecting Normal startup in the Full general tab does non piece of work if this feature is selected.
Timeout field - Using Msconfig can cause the operating arrangement option screen to display for 30 seconds; equally a event, thirty seconds is added to the overall startup time. To foreclose the operating pick screen from actualization for thirty seconds on startup, change the timeout line in the Timeout field to zero.

Effigy : Boot tab

Services tab of the msconfig window

The Services tab lists integrated Windows services and programs that showtime when Windows 8 starts, or are run periodically by Windows. Be careful when disabling services as many are disquisitional to the computer'due south operation. Enable or disable programs or services from starting by checking or disabling the checkbox adjacent to the program name.

Figure : Services tab

Services tab

Startup tab of the msconfig window

On the Startup tab click Open Task Director.

The startup table lists software that opens automatically when Windows loads. Use this tab to prevent private software from opening when Windows starts. This can be very useful when trying to find a software plan that might exist causing performance problems.

Effigy : Startup tab

Startup tab

The following is a list of some of the types of software applications that open from the Task Manager:

Anti-virus software - Disable Anti-virus software only when troubleshooting. Make sure to enable the Anti-virus software when finished troubleshooting.
Keyboard managers - Disable to preclude the extended multimedia keys and book control knob from working.
Systems tray icons - Disable to forestall a software awarding tray icon from displaying on the systems tray (next to the fourth dimension).

The Startup tab of the Chore Director shows a list of electric current software applications that open automatically later Windows opens and shows the status of each program. Disable individual software applications by highlighting the application and clicking Disable.

Do non disable the following startup items except for diagnostic purposes only:

Hard disk drive Sound Control Panel
HP KBD EXE
hp digital imaging - hp all-in-one series
HPRun
hpsysdrv
HP Total Care Advisor
Microsoft Windows Operating System
NVIDIA products
Symantec Technologies products

Figure : Chore Managing director

Tools tab of the msconfig window

The Tools tab lists diagnostic tools and other advanced tools y'all tin can run to improve computer performance. Before opening a tool, read the description next to the name of the tool to better empathise the function it provides. To open a tool, select the proper name of the tool from the list and click Launch.

Effigy : Tools tab

Tools tab