How To Open Configuration Manager In Windows 8

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HP PCs - Using Microsoft Arrangement Configuration (Windows 10, 8)

This document is for HP and Compaq PCs with Windows x and Windows 8.

The Microsoft System Configuration (msconfig) tool is a Microsoft software awarding used to change configuration settings, such as which software opens with Windows. It contains several useful tabs: General, Boot, Services, Startup, and Tools. This document explains how y'all can use these tabs to resolve problems with your calculator.

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For business computers, changes made using Microsoft System Configuration might revert after reboot, or items might exist unavailable or grayed out. These changes could be related to the management of the PC, where policies might be ready. Check with your visitor IT department or your local IT service for more information.

Figure : System Configuration Window

System Configuration windows with the tabs General, Boot, Services, Startup and Tools encircled in red

Opening msconfig to troubleshoot software problems in Windows ten and eight

In Windows, type msconfig into Search, and so select Organization Configuration from the search results in Windows ten, or msconfig in Windows 8.

The System Configuration window opens.

General tab of the msconfig window

For troubleshooting purposes, in the full general tab you can either prevent all nonessential software and services from loading or yous can forestall individual programs from loading.

Preventing all nonessential software and services from loading

For troubleshooting purposes, apply the following steps to prevent all software programs from automatically opening when Windows starts. This will increment usable memory and processor time.

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Use the following steps to prevent all startup items from opening, including antivirus software and other software that provides important functions. Follow these steps for troubleshooting purposes merely. If preventing all startup items from loading resolves the trouble, you tin employ the Startup tab (see post-obit department) to forestall an individual software particular from loading.

Click the General tab.
Select Selective Startup, and deselect Load startup items.

Figure : Deselecting Load startup items
Click the Services tab.

Select Hide all Microsoft services, so they volition not be disabled, and so click Disable all to disable the remaining items on the services tab.

Figure : Services tab
Restart the computer for the changes to take upshot.

If yous find the problem no longer occurs later y'all foreclose all software from loading, yous tin use the startup tab to try to notice the exact software title that is causing the problem. Select all but one championship from the startup tab and restart. Continue doing this, deselecting software and restarting each fourth dimension, until the problem no longer occurs. When you determine which software is causing the issue, uninstall information technology or forbid it from loading when Windows opens.
When you have finished using the Organization Configuration tool, open information technology once more and select Normal Startup and click OK.

Preventing individual programs from loading

Utilize the General tab to prevent specific software applications from opening with Windows. The following selections are on the General tab:

Normal startup - instructs Windows to open all software applications that are normally scheduled to start with Windows.
Diagnostic startup - starts Windows with basic services and drivers only. With this way, you tin determine if a basic Window file is the problem.
Selective startup - allows y'all to choose which programs and services you want to open, and which y'all want to keep from opening at startup tab.

Effigy : General tab

General tab

Boot tab of the msconfig window

The Boot tab is used to change the fashion Windows starts. The choice in the boot tab show configuration options listed inside the organisation information file. Some options in the Boot tab are:

Prophylactic kicking: Minimal - Disables networking. Boots to the Windows user interface (Explorer) in safe manner, running critical arrangement services only.
Safe boot: Alternate shell - Disables networking. Boots to the command prompt in safe way, running critical organization services only.
Safe boot: Active Directory repair - Similar to minimal safe boot, except the Active Directory is enabled.
Safe kick: Network - Similar to a minimal rubber kicking, except the network is enabled.
No GUI boot - The Windows splash screen is disabled when booting
Boot log - Stores all information from the boot process in a file.
Base video - Boots to Windows user interface in minimal VGA mode.
OS kick information - Shows each driver proper noun every bit each driver is loaded during the boot process.
Make all boot settings permanent - Changes made in Organisation Configuration are not tracked. If you want to make changes later, y'all will accept to do so manually. Selecting Normal startup in the Full general tab does not piece of work if this feature is selected.
Timeout field - Using Msconfig can cause the operating system selection screen to brandish for thirty seconds; as a result, thirty seconds is added to the overall startup time. To prevent the operating selection screen from appearing for thirty seconds on startup, change the timeout line in the Timeout field to zero.

Figure : Boot tab

Services tab of the msconfig window

The Services tab lists integrated Windows services and programs that start when Windows eight starts, or are run periodically by Windows. Be conscientious when disabling services equally many are critical to the computer's operation. Enable or disable programs or services from starting by checking or disabling the checkbox next to the programme name.

Figure : Services tab

Services tab

Startup tab of the msconfig window

On the Startup tab click Open Task Manager.

The startup table lists software that opens automatically when Windows loads. Apply this tab to prevent individual software from opening when Windows starts. This can be very useful when trying to find a software program that might be causing performance issues.

Effigy : Startup tab

Startup tab

The following is a list of some of the types of software applications that open up from the Task Manager:

Anti-virus software - Disable Anti-virus software simply when troubleshooting. Make certain to enable the Anti-virus software when finished troubleshooting.
Keyboard managers - Disable to forestall the extended multimedia keys and book command knob from working.
Systems tray icons - Disable to forestall a software application tray icon from displaying on the systems tray (next to the fourth dimension).

The Startup tab of the Chore Manager shows a list of electric current software applications that open automatically after Windows opens and shows the status of each program. Disable individual software applications past highlighting the application and clicking Disable.

Do not disable the following startup items except for diagnostic purposes only:

HD Audio Control Console
HP KBD EXE
hp digital imaging - hp all-in-one series
HPRun
hpsysdrv
HP Total Intendance Advisor
Microsoft Windows Operating Arrangement
NVIDIA products
Symantec Technologies products

Figure : Job Manager

Tools tab of the msconfig window

The Tools tab lists diagnostic tools and other advanced tools you lot can run to ameliorate computer performance. Before opening a tool, read the description next to the name of the tool to improve understand the function it provides. To open up a tool, select the name of the tool from the listing and click Launch.

Figure : Tools tab

Tools tab