about msconfig

[Buddy]

wksSb.exe, WkDetect and Wkfud are all related to works.
you can safely turn these off in msconfig by removing
their check mark in startup. Ctfmon is the alternative
input method in Office, once again safe to uncheck in
msconfig and turn it off. finally BCMSMMSG, i believe is
related to your broadcom dial up modem. If you use dial
up leave it running. If your modem just gathers dust,
kill it. As far as services and startup the differences
are both simple and complex. A service is something that
runs in the background w/o you knowing about it. where as
a startup is something that is sitting in your task tray
taking up system memory as it sits for you to run it.
>-----Original Message-----
>what is the difference between 'services' and 'startup'?
>i do not know the meaning of the following items on
>startup, and i want to know if i can disable them, and
if
>i can, can i start my system faster?
>BCMSMMSG.EXE
>ctfmon.exe
>WksSb.exe
>WkDetect.exe
>Wkfud.exe
>.
>

[Frank]

Buddy wrote:
| wksSb.exe, WkDetect and Wkfud are all related to works.
| you can safely turn these off in msconfig by removing
| their check mark in startup. Ctfmon is the alternative
| input method in Office, once again safe to uncheck in
| msconfig and turn it off. finally BCMSMMSG, i believe is
| related to your broadcom dial up modem. If you use dial
| up leave it running. If your modem just gathers dust,
| kill it. As far as services and startup the differences
| are both simple and complex. A service is something that
| runs in the background w/o you knowing about it. where as
| a startup is something that is sitting in your task tray
| taking up system memory as it sits for you to run it.
|| -----Original Message-----
|| what is the difference between 'services' and 'startup'?
|| i do not know the meaning of the following items on
|| startup, and i want to know if i can disable them, and if
|| i can, can i start my system faster?
|| BCMSMMSG.EXE
|| ctfmon.exe
|| WksSb.exe
|| WkDetect.exe
|| Wkfud.exe
|| .

Un checking things in msconfig is not adequate. Those are
apps to automatically update MSWorks. They will have to
be turned off within works, if you don't want them.


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