msconfig problem

[bobby46]

I have win98SE, 512m ram and have an HP copier/scanner/printer officejet on lpt1. My dvd burning and my tv tuner programs seem to work better with a "clean boot". I usually do a ctl-alt-del to remove unnecessary startup items before running those programs. So, I tried instead to use msconfig selective-start to remove two files associated with the printer. They are:hpmsp4ia, and hpmsp2ia. After I uncheck these files and reboot, they re-appear again. Is there a way to keep these files from my boot sequence until I want them back for printing chores? Why don't these files stay unchecked like other startup files do?

[rjfvillarosa]

They are probably being initialsed by another .exe, try looking at the options of your printer software and uncheck the box that says start with windows, if it has one.

[glc]

They are probably being called by system.ini or win.ini.

You have the ram for it - you need to consider an upgrade to Win2K or XP. The stuff you are doing with that computer is bringing 98's resources to their knees.

[bobby46]

I got into msconfig-selective startup-win.ini and found the printer listed under both "devices" and "ports". I unchecked both entries and re-booted. Well, those two files are still present in the ctl-alt-del pop-up. I think I will just live with the small ram bite they eat. It was the tv card mfr website that warned to use a clean boot to prevent any interactions with their resource-hungry card. Thanks for the responses.....