MSCONFIG Mishap

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Marconius

The other day, I had msconfig open, flipping betweeen tabs when suddenly
things froze up on me and I had to reboot. When I rebooted I had lost sound,
wireless internet, printers etc. Another odd symptom was that my desktop
appearance is kind of mix between classic and xp

After some investigation, I discovered that there were numerous services
turned off. I turned on the audio service and another service required for
interent and got my web access and sound back.

I'm thinking that somehow I stopped essential services when the computer
froze up as I was selecting diagnostic startup or something.

How do I know which services should be turned on. Should they all be set to
automatic and started?
 
Marconius wrote:
> The other day, I had msconfig open, flipping betweeen tabs when suddenly
> things froze up on me and I had to reboot. When I rebooted I had lost sound,
> wireless internet, printers etc. Another odd symptom was that my desktop
> appearance is kind of mix between classic and xp
>
> After some investigation, I discovered that there were numerous services
> turned off. I turned on the audio service and another service required for
> interent and got my web access and sound back.
>
> I'm thinking that somehow I stopped essential services when the computer
> froze up as I was selecting diagnostic startup or something.
>
> How do I know which services should be turned on. Should they all be set to
> automatic and started?

Open MSConfig and set it to do a normal StartUp. Also look through the
Services tab for any you accidentally deselected.

--
Joe =o)
 
I have already tried setting it to 'Normal Startup' and am experiencing the
same problems.

In my 'Services' tab, I see all the services listed, but a large percentage
are disabled. My question is do all services need to be set to automatic and
started? Or are there some servies that are best to leave disabled?

"Elmo" wrote:

> Marconius wrote:
> > The other day, I had msconfig open, flipping betweeen tabs when suddenly
> > things froze up on me and I had to reboot. When I rebooted I had lost sound,
> > wireless internet, printers etc. Another odd symptom was that my desktop
> > appearance is kind of mix between classic and xp
> >
> > After some investigation, I discovered that there were numerous services
> > turned off. I turned on the audio service and another service required for
> > interent and got my web access and sound back.
> >
> > I'm thinking that somehow I stopped essential services when the computer
> > froze up as I was selecting diagnostic startup or something.
> >
> > How do I know which services should be turned on. Should they all be set to
> > automatic and started?
>
> Open MSConfig and set it to do a normal StartUp. Also look through the
> Services tab for any you accidentally deselected.
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>
 
In the services tab, select enable all

"Marconius" <Marconius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DDD3240E-7E11-448F-ADE5-545A16425919@microsoft.com...
>I have already tried setting it to 'Normal Startup' and am experiencing the
> same problems.
>
> In my 'Services' tab, I see all the services listed, but a large
> percentage
> are disabled. My question is do all services need to be set to automatic
> and
> started? Or are there some servies that are best to leave disabled?
>
> "Elmo" wrote:
>
>> Marconius wrote:
>> > The other day, I had msconfig open, flipping betweeen tabs when
>> > suddenly
>> > things froze up on me and I had to reboot. When I rebooted I had lost
>> > sound,
>> > wireless internet, printers etc. Another odd symptom was that my
>> > desktop
>> > appearance is kind of mix between classic and xp
>> >
>> > After some investigation, I discovered that there were numerous
>> > services
>> > turned off. I turned on the audio service and another service required
>> > for
>> > interent and got my web access and sound back.
>> >
>> > I'm thinking that somehow I stopped essential services when the
>> > computer
>> > froze up as I was selecting diagnostic startup or something.
>> >
>> > How do I know which services should be turned on. Should they all be
>> > set to
>> > automatic and started?
>>
>> Open MSConfig and set it to do a normal StartUp. Also look through the
>> Services tab for any you accidentally deselected.
>>
>> --
>> Joe =o)
>>
 
Marconius wrote:
> I have already tried setting it to 'Normal Startup' and am experiencing the
> same problems.
>
> In my 'Services' tab, I see all the services listed, but a large percentage
> are disabled. My question is do all services need to be set to automatic and
> started? Or are there some services that are best to leave disabled?
>
> "Elmo" wrote:
>
>> Marconius wrote:
>>> The other day, I had msconfig open, flipping between tabs when suddenly
>>> things froze up on me and I had to reboot. When I rebooted I had lost sound,
>>> wireless internet, printers etc. Another odd symptom was that my desktop
>>> appearance is kind of mix between classic and xp
>>>
>>> After some investigation, I discovered that there were numerous services
>>> turned off. I turned on the audio service and another service required for
>>> internet and got my web access and sound back.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking that somehow I stopped essential services when the computer
>>> froze up as I was selecting diagnostic startup or something.
>>>
>>> How do I know which services should be turned on. Should they all be set to
>>> automatic and started?
>> Open MSConfig and set it to do a normal StartUp. Also look through the
>> Services tab for any you accidentally deselected.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

--
Joe =o)
 
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