System Configuration Utility message on startup

[Guest sheana]

Over the past few days when I bootup my computer, the System Configuration

Utility window pops up. It has the following message:

 

You have used the Sys Config Utility to make changes to the way Windows

starts.

 

.....is currently in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode, causing the

message to be displayed and the utility to run every time Windows starts.

 

Choose the Normal Startup mode on the General tab to start Windows normally

and undo the changes you made using the SCU.

 

 

I don't recall making any changes to startup..Can I just select Normal

Startup mode, or is something else going on and if so, what should I do?

Thanks in advance,

 

sheana

[Guest Malke]

Re: System Configuration Utility message on startup

 

sheana wrote:

> Over the past few days when I bootup my computer, the System Configuration

> Utility window pops up. It has the following message:

>

> You have used the Sys Config Utility to make changes to the way Windows

> starts.

>

> ....is currently in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode, causing the

> message to be displayed and the utility to run every time Windows starts.

>

> Choose the Normal Startup mode on the General tab to start Windows

> normally and undo the changes you made using the SCU.

>

>

> I don't recall making any changes to startup..Can I just select Normal

> Startup mode, or is something else going on and if so, what should I do?

> Thanks in advance,

 

There is no way for me to guess what you've done, but the Systen

Configuration Utility window doesn't appear magically all by itself.

Someone used msconfig.

 

There is a small checkbox in the lower left corner of this window that says

something along the lines of "don't show this window again and don't bother

me". Click it and close the window and you won't see the message again.

 

Malke

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[Guest sheana]

Re: System Configuration Utility message on startup

 

But how do I know there is not something wrong with my computer?

sheana

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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> sheana wrote:

>

>> Over the past few days when I bootup my computer, the System

>> Configuration

>> Utility window pops up. It has the following message:

>>

>> You have used the Sys Config Utility to make changes to the way Windows

>> starts.

>>

>> ....is currently in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode, causing the

>> message to be displayed and the utility to run every time Windows starts.

>>

>> Choose the Normal Startup mode on the General tab to start Windows

>> normally and undo the changes you made using the SCU.

>>

>>

>> I don't recall making any changes to startup..Can I just select Normal

>> Startup mode, or is something else going on and if so, what should I do?

>> Thanks in advance,

>

> There is no way for me to guess what you've done, but the Systen

> Configuration Utility window doesn't appear magically all by itself.

> Someone used msconfig.

>

> There is a small checkbox in the lower left corner of this window that

> says

> something along the lines of "don't show this window again and don't

> bother

> me". Click it and close the window and you won't see the message again.

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

>

[Guest nass]

RE: System Configuration Utility message on startup

 

 

 

"sheana" wrote:

> Over the past few days when I bootup my computer, the System Configuration

> Utility window pops up. It has the following message:

>

> You have used the Sys Config Utility to make changes to the way Windows

> starts.

>

> .....is currently in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode, causing the

> message to be displayed and the utility to run every time Windows starts.

>

> Choose the Normal Startup mode on the General tab to start Windows normally

> and undo the changes you made using the SCU.

>

>

> I don't recall making any changes to startup..Can I just select Normal

> Startup mode, or is something else going on and if so, what should I do?

> Thanks in advance,

>

> sheana

 

Scroll down to this section: Steps to configure Windows to use a Normal

startup state

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

 

Another one Open a run command and type in:

msconfig. On the System Configuration Utilitiy click on General Tab then

Check mark this Radio Button:

(*) Normal startup-load all device drivers and software.

Click [Apply] then [OK] and Reboot your machine, does it help?

HTH,

nass

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[Guest Malke]

Re: System Configuration Utility message on startup

 

sheana wrote:

> But how do I know there is not something wrong with my computer?

> sheana

 

How can I possibly answer that? You've told us nothing about your computer

or its recent history. Others have told you how to undo any changes made

with msconfig but *someone* made those changes for some reason. You need to

figure out who, what, and why and without knowing anything further I can't

guess.

 

Malke

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