>> 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.)

> Which items show as Stopped? If you examine these same items in Services,
> which of them are configured to start Manually?

There is a way of exporting the Services settings but I don't know how.
Something about saving in a mode that displays tables I think. Basically I
followed Black Viper's guide to XP 3 SP3 from here. They seem to have a
good reputation on the net.
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm