msconfig troubles....

[Stuff]

(Running XP Pro with all current updates.)

All of a sudden I cannot launch msconfig.exe. It does one of two things:
1) seeming nothing
2) it launches and the dialog box comes up, only to disappear again in a
few seconds.

The system boots okay, and it looks like the programs I want to run are
running.

Please help: thanX!!!!!!
Howie

--

"Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow
the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall
hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise
Men ever rule under this roof."
John Adams, in a letter to Abigail,
on his 2nd night in the White House.

[Kelly]

Hi Howie,

This issue has been traced to an improperly formatted BOOT.INI file. This
is a hidden file, usually in the root directory of the C: drive.

If this is not the case:

Go to Start/Run/CMD. Insert your XP CD into the drive and enter the
following command:

EXPAND -R X:\I386\MSCONFIG.EX_ Z:\WINDOWS\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\BINARIES

This will extract a new copy of the MSCONFIG.EXE from the CD.


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"Stuff" > wrote in message
...
> (Running XP Pro with all current updates.)
>
> All of a sudden I cannot launch msconfig.exe. It does one of two things:
> 1) seeming nothing
> 2) it launches and the dialog box comes up, only to disappear again in a
> few seconds.
>
> The system boots okay, and it looks like the programs I want to run are
> running.
>
> Please help: thanX!!!!!!
> Howie
>
> --
>
> "Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow
> the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall
> hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise
> Men ever rule under this roof."
> John Adams, in a letter to Abigail,
> on his 2nd night in the White House.
>
>

[Ray Taylor]

Run a virus scan on your computer.
It is possible that a virus is automatically closing the msconfig window
before or just after windows is able to display it. I expect this is to stop
people from preventing the virus from running when you boot your computer.
Such automatic window-closing techniques are used in some popup stoppers and
the idea may have been used by the designer of this virus.

Alternatively, some of the files used to run msconfig could be corrupt. It
would be wise to run an error-check on the hard disk. To do this, open my
computer and right click on your c: drive. Select properties > |tools| and
then 'check now'.
The error-check is the new scandisk and will want to restart your computer.
During the restart, it will run the check.


Ray Taylor



"Stuff" > wrote in message
...
> (Running XP Pro with all current updates.)
>
> All of a sudden I cannot launch msconfig.exe. It does one of two things:
> 1) seeming nothing
> 2) it launches and the dialog box comes up, only to disappear again in a
> few seconds.
>
> The system boots okay, and it looks like the programs I want to run are
> running.
>
> Please help: thanX!!!!!!
> Howie
>
> --
>
> "Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow
> the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall
> hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise
> Men ever rule under this roof."
> John Adams, in a letter to Abigail,
> on his 2nd night in the White House.
>
>