Infobox Windows component name MSConfig logo Msconfig icon.png logo size 64px screenshot MSConfig screenshot.png screenshot size 300px caption Screenshot of MSConfig in Windows 7 other names System Configuration br Microsoft System Configuration Utility type System utility service name service description included with Windows 98 br Windows ME br Windows XP br Windows Vista br Windows 7 br All versions of Windows Server also available for Windows 95 br Windows 2000 replaces replaced by support status related components MSConfig officially called System Configuration in Windows Vista and Windows 7 or Microsoft System Configuration Utility in previous operating system s is a system utility to troubleshoot the Microsoft Windows booting startup process. It can disable or re enable software, device driver s and Windows service s that run at startup, or change boot parameters. It is bundled with all versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 98 except Windows 2000 . Windows 95 and Windows 2000 users can download the utility as well, although it was not designed for them. Citation needed date April 2011 Features Refimprove section date July 2007 MSConfig is a troubleshooting tool. The main function of MSConfig is to temporarily disable or re enable software, device drivers or Windows services that run during startup process to help user decide the cause of problem. MSConfig also supports modifying AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS only on Windows 9x as well as WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI only on Windows 9x, Windows 2000 and Windows XP . The chief benefit of using MSConfig to edit these files is that it provides a simplified GUI to manipulate Windows configuration data. Cleanup ... url http www.microsoft.com resources documentation windows xp all proddocs en us msconfig usage.mspx ... administration Category Configuration management Category Windows 98 de Msconfig fr MsConfig ko MSConfig it Msconfig ja MSConfig pl MSConfig pt Msconfig ru MSConfig sv MSConfig zh MSConfig ... more details
refimprove date October 2010 Infobox software name Sysedit developer Microsoft operating system Microsoft Windows genre Configuration management license Bundled application under parent OS license website http www.microsoft.com http www.microsoft.com Sysedit tt SYSEDIT.EXE tt is a specialized text ASCII editor for core Microsoft Microsoft Windows Windows configuration file s such as tt PROTOCOL.INI tt , tt WIN.INI tt , tt SYSTEM.INI tt , tt CONFIG.SYS tt , and tt AUTOEXEC.BAT tt . This executable is installed in the Windows system directory tt windir SYSTEM tt Windows 3.x and 9x editions or tt windir SYSTEM32 tt Windows NTx editions . Sysedit was bundled with and automatically installed by every version of Windows from Windows 3.0 up to Windows 98 SE. Support was discontinued with Windows Me . ref http aumha.org a msconfig.htm MSCONFIG and SYSEDIT ref At the time of its initial release, Sysedit was commonly used to demonstrate multiple document interface s MDI . Citation needed date April 2010 It opens all of the aforementioned configuration files at once in separate daughter windows whenever launched. It still uses the System font from older versions of Windows. Other Microsoft operating systems that include Sysedit are Windows XP, Windows Vista Service Packs 2 and 3 , Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. See also MSConfig References references Category Windows components Category Windows text editors Category Configuration management Category Windows 98 text editor stub ... more details
, users can manipulate services using MSConfig . The use of MSConfig to manage services, however, causes a prompt on the next startup. MSConfig can hide all operating system services for troubleshooting ... more details
refimprove date October 2010 tt SYSTEM.INI tt was an initialization INI file INI file used in early versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 1.0 1.01 up to Windows Me Me to load device drivers and the default Windows shell Program Manager or Windows Explorer , among other system settings. Many of these settings were honored in Windows 9x Windows 95 95 , Windows 98 98 and Windows Me Me , although the INI files had begun to be phased out in favor of the Windows Registry . Windows Windows NT 4.0 NT 4.0 , Windows 2000 2000 , Windows XP XP and Windows Server 2003 Server 2003 still acknowledge some tt SYSTEM.INI tt entries in order to provide backwards compatibility with older 16 bit applications. However, when a fresh install of Windows XP XP Windows Server 2003 Server 2003 is performed, the tt SYSTEM.INI tt file created contains by default only these lines code pre for 16 bit app support drivers wave mmdrv.dll timer timer.drv mci driver32 386enh woafont dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON pre code Editing Microsoft bundles two specialized text ASCII editors for core configuration file s such as tt PROTOCOL.INI tt , tt WIN.INI tt , tt SYSTEM.INI tt , tt CONFIG.SYS tt , and tt AUTOEXEC.BAT tt with its operating systems. Sysedit is an Multiple document interface MDI text editor that opens all these files simultaneously, available in all versions of Windows beginning with Windows 3.0 , except Windows Me Me ref http aumha.org a msconfig.htm MSCONFIG and SYSEDIT ref . MSConfig is a front end interface application that allows the user to enable and disable drivers, Windows shell and applications separately from being loaded at startup by the aforementioned files and from the Run, RunEx, and RunOnce Windows Registry keys. External links tt SYSTEM.INI tt in Windows 3.x 3.0, 3.10 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Windows 9x 95, 98 and Me Microsoft Knowledge Base MSKB http support.microsoft.com sear ... more details
WIN.INI is a basic INI file that was used in versions of the Microsoft Windows operating environment up to Windows 3.11 to store basic settings at boot time. By default, all font, communications drivers, wallpaper, screen saver, and language settings were stored in WIN.INI by Windows 3.1x Windows 3.x . Many of these settings were honored in Windows 9x, although the files had begun to be phased out in favor of the Windows registry . Windows XP still acknowledges some entries in the WIN.INI file, to provide backwards compatibility with older 16 bit applications. However, when a fresh install of XP is performed, the WIN.INI file created is initially blank, and in Windows Vista and Windows 7 the WIN.INI file was removed entirely. ref cite web url http answers.microsoft.com en us windows forum windows vista windows programs vista and winini 3ec2de63 3c40 4a90 b004 77e1acdd2200 title Vista and win.ini? accessdate October 19, 2011 ref Prior to Windows 3.0, it was not uncommon for applications to store their configuration settings inside WIN.INI. With the release of Windows 3.0 in 1990, Microsoft introduced the concept of private INI files, and some new application programming interface calls so that applications could store their settings in their own files. ref cite web url http support.microsoft.com kb 74608 title INFO When to Use WIN.INI or a Private INI File publisher Microsoft work Knowledge Base date February 14, 2005 ref Today Microsoft recommends using the registry for settings. ref cite web url http delphi.about.com od windowsshellapi a tregistry.htm title An introduction to working with Windows Registry ref Editing Microsoft bundles two specialized editors for core configuration file s such as WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI , CONFIG.SYS , and AUTOEXEC.BAT with its operating systems. Sysedit is an Multiple document interface MDI text editor that opens all of those files simultaneously, available in all versions of Windows since Windows 3.x. MSConfig is a simpler application ... more details
System32 folder and references to the DLLs will be found in the user s start up viewable in MSConfig ... editor, and msconfig, thereby preventing the system from booting into safe mode. Some firewalls ... more details
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