MSConfig Troubleshooting

Reader Question:
“Hi Wally, I am having problems with MSConfig and wondering how to fix it?” - Christine A., United Kingdom

Before addressing any computer issue, I always recommend scanning and repairing any underlying problems affecting your PC health and performance:

Step 1 : Download PC Repair & Optimizer Tool (WinThruster for Win 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP and 2000 – Microsoft Gold Certified).
Step 2 : Click “Start Scan” to find Windows registry issues that could be causing PC problems.
Step 3 : Click “Repair All” to fix all issues.

Setting up weekly (or daily) automatic scans will help prevent system problems and keep your PC running fast and trouble-free.

Wally’s Answer:

Overview of MSConfig

MSConfig is a system utility that is used to troubleshoot the Microsoft Windows startup process. It has many different abilities, including being able to change boot parameters, as well as disable or re-enable Windows services, device drivers, or software. It comes with all of the current versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems as part of the bundle.

This tool can help your computer to boot faster and experience crashes less, because it controls the Windows services. Every time you boot up your computer, there are many different programs that load, and you can use MSConfig to help you to narrow down the programs that load into a number that your computer can comfortably manage without a decrease in processing speed or booting up speed.

MSConfig is a commonly targeted area for viruses, spyware, and malware, due to its importance in the Windows operating system and if it does not run, this can be a reason for the issue. When you want to help your computer to boot up quicker, MSConfig can be the way to do it.

What Problems are Associated with MSConfig?

Windows operating systems include MSConfig in the bundle to help users to be able to manage system services that load when you boot your computer up. You can dictate what programs run at startup to ensure that the process goes as quickly and smoothly as possible.

While it does not let you remove the program entirely that you don’t use, it will allow you to uncheck the program that you do not need running to ensure that computer freezes and slowdowns in download speed will be minimized as much as possible.

The MSConfig Cleanup Utility is what you can turn to when you want to completely remove the program(s) that you do not want to start as soon as you boot up the computer.

The effects of MSConfig are all good unless it does not work correctly due to a corrupted file or a virus, spyware, or malware. If this occurs, you will not be able to get the benefits of this utility and keep your computer running efficiently in the way that you want and need.

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Is Your PC Healthy?

I always recommend to my readers to regularly use a trusted registry cleaner and optimizer such as WinThruster or CCleaner. Many problems that you encounter can be attributed to a corrupt and bloated registry.

Happy Computing!

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