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Old 06-29-2009, 12:10 AM
PA Bear [MS MVP]
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Re: MSconfig & Services.msc questions

Which items show as Stopped?

If you examine these same items in Services, which of them are configured to
start Manually?


Richard Z wrote:
> I notice that in MSconfig under Services there are several items
> (Microsoft)
> that are checked on the left but say they are stopped on the right.
> Without
> checking each one in Services to see if they are on Automatic, Manual or
> Disabled would it be accurate to assume that it doesn't matter if MSconfig
> settings and Services "match"? Does either override the other? I rarely
> hear of people discussing these 2 programs together but it looks like they
> are quite intertwined. And I wonder why more Services don't show up in
> MSconfig? And is there a better choice than Services to control what's
> running in the background? (Using XP Pro, SP3 with latest updates.)


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Old 06-29-2009, 12:10 AM