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10-28-2002, 11:01 AM
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What is the best way to monitor what is staring up when booting NT
Hi,
My computer at work all of a sudden has started booting sluggishly and sometimes hanging. We use NT, what is the best way to check what is loading at startup. TIA
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10-28-2002, 12:22 PM
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In the boot.ini file, use the switch /sos at the end of the line that looks like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows NT 4.0" /sos Instead of displating the dots, it will tell you what is loaded. hth, nate |
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10-28-2002, 12:31 PM
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Thanks Nate,
I'll give it a try. |
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10-28-2002, 12:53 PM
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Hey Nate that worked great! I didn't notice anything that shouldn't be there. Is there anyway of checking what software might be loading after NT starts besides the starup menus which I have already checked?
TIA |
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10-28-2002, 02:40 PM
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I don't remember if NT has this, but go to run, and type msconfig. Then, go to startup to see what programs start with windows. Also, you can just look at the startup folder under winnt/profiles/all users/startup and winnt/startup/profiles/
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10-28-2002, 02:55 PM
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Start regedit and look at the keys in
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
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10-28-2002, 03:35 PM
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Thanks Nate, I didn't see anything in the startup menu's and NT doesn't have msconfig. However Statica's tip worked, I had ran an instructional CD from work and it had installed a program that started with NT and was conflicting with my office toolbar starting up. I saw it in
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run thanks Statica. |
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