Speeding up win ME

swamp-fox · February 14th, 2002, 03:39 PM

I'm trying to speed up ME and been using msconfig but it's not the same as win98 and everytime i bootup it says loading enviroment variables yadayada will be moved to registry and "you are using selective startup to troubleshoot your system". Am I doing this wrong MSCONFIG not the way to go in ME???? What about process config.sys and win.ini files. I was told to remove the checkmarks in win98. And of course I try to remove all the startup items that I can to save resources. Is there a better way than what I'm doing.
Thanks
swampy

ChoaticWhisper · February 14th, 2002, 03:46 PM

I thought it only says that Loading Enviroment.... stuff when you change the autoexec.bat file.
It only gives you the Selective startup thing when you change something in Msconfig.

Philip1952 · February 14th, 2002, 03:48 PM

You don't need the Config and Autoexec.bat files to load in ME.
The selective start up is normal on the first reboot after a change. Your doing it right. Just do another reboot and the message souldn't come up agin

swamp-fox · February 24th, 2002, 08:37 AM

OK in the start up box what do I have to leave checked?? and when you check selective startup under it do you just uncheck the first two boxes?process systemini/process win ini what about the other three boxes?
swamp

Philip1952 · February 24th, 2002, 10:52 AM

On a windows box. The only thing I leave checked. (This is on the startup tab)
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system tray
scanreg
anitvirus
firewall (firewall if you use it or on cable. Off if you are on dial up)

All the rest I turn off. On ME if you use the restore feature built in you might want to leave it on. But it is a big resource hog. What I did was have it take a good record of my setup then I shut it off. Anything you download or install will not be in the go back files so you might want to turn it on once a week to update itself if you install a lot of programs.
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This is on the general tab)
Just uncheck config.sys and autoexec.bat only. If you uncheck anything else it will cause problems.

swamp-fox · February 24th, 2002, 09:12 PM

Thanks philip1952 That's what I was wondering. I think in 98 it was explorer and system tray also.
thanks
swamp

lynchmob · February 25th, 2002, 06:50 AM

How to speed up ME?
Snap the wrist as you fling the disk outward and remember to follow through.

Seriously,in 98se I just leave systray,scanreg and task manager(this helps Speedisk)
lynch

February 25th, 2002, 07:47 AM

SPEED and ME in the same sentence?? WOW, that's a first I reckon!!

The 3rd party utilities seem to slow everthing down, even antiviruses. I only leave the bare minimum on, and load utilities only if I absolutely need them, then unload them again, rather than leave them running. Makes boot faster as well as loading other p[rpograms )(well, as fast as ME will go, anyway)