The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    msconfig Help

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Matt is Pro, Mar 27, 2008.

  1. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

    Reputations:
    347
    Messages:
    2,169
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Any ideas why this happens? (see attached pic)

    I use CCleaner, but it doesn't take these blank entries away?

    This is Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition SP2, by the way.

    View attachment 16875
     
    Matt is Pro, Mar 27, 2008
    #1
  2. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    1,767
    Messages:
    4,195
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Do you see them in Tools --> Startup ?
     
    John B, Mar 27, 2008
    #2
  3. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

    Reputations:
    347
    Messages:
    2,169
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I see one.

    I deleted it, which made one of the blank entries in msconfig dissappear.
     
    Matt is Pro, Mar 27, 2008
    #3
  4. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

    Reputations:
    347
    Messages:
    2,169
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I found it.

    I'm not sure what the first blank entry was, but the second one was AIM.

    In the AIM settings I disabled start-up. I deleted the AIM6 start-up file using CCleaner, checked msconfig, and now the second blank entry is gone.

    Thanks for the help!
     
    Matt is Pro, Mar 27, 2008
    #4
  5. cvx5832

    cvx5832 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    58
    Messages:
    307
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I get the same when using CCleaner. But after I restart they go away.

    Regards,
    Paolo
     
    cvx5832, Mar 28, 2008
    #5