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Old 02-03-2004, 01:50 PM
Menno Hershberger
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Default Re: Several Little Q's about XP

Windows 2000 was the one that didn't have it, I believe.
But you could use the one from ME in 2000

"Chris" <chrisjonesREMOVEME@abac.com> wrote in
news:o%TTb.84334$U%5.451645@attbi_s03:

> I seem to remember that msconfig began in Windows 98, not Millenium.
> It was in the later as well, but I believe its first appearance was in
> Win98.
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> "R. C. White" <RCWhite@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:OdNQCEp6DHA.2712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, Tripper.
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>> Now that you've retired Win98, you also need to retire your Win98
>> mindset. ;^} WinXP is not built on the MS-DOS platform like
>> Win9x/ME, and many of the old concepts just don't apply to it. As
>> soon as you get used to it, you'll like the new system.
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>> > 1) How do I see how many resources are being consumed on Startup?

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>> The NT platform doesn't allocate such "resources", so you can forget
>> this question. WinXP will use all your RAM in the most efficient
>> way, rather than pigeonhole some of it for only specific purposes.
>> You can use Task Manager to see some of the details that might
>> interest you. Just press Ctrl+Alt+Del or right-click on an unused
>> spot on the Taskbar.
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>> > 2) how do I
>> > see which processes load at Startup and switch them on/off in XP?

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>> Click Start | Run and type msconfig.exe and press Enter. Spend some
>> time exploring this utility, which first appeared in WinME.
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>> > 3) I've never liked MS's "Java Virtual Machine"

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>> Sun won, so MS isn't allowed to bundle the JVM with Windows. Ask
>> Google

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>> "java virtual machine", or see this web page:
>> Transitioning from the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/[/url]
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>> and this one:
>> [url]http://www.java.com/en/index.jsp[/url]
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>> I don't know about your 4th point.
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>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> [email]rc@corridor.net[/email]
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
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>> "Tripper" <theredpriest@altavista.com> wrote in message
>> news:9fab747.0402031116.37531f62@posting.google.co m...
>> > Well I finally did it, upgraded to XP Home SP1. But I have a few
>> > Q's about stuff that 98SE did I'd like to find how to do in XP
>> > also, so here goes...
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>> > 1) How do I see how many resources are being consumed on Startup?
>> > In 98SE "My Computer/Properties" would do it, how so in XP?
>> >
>> > 2) I use "StartupCPL" to control what's booting on Startup, how do
>> > I see which processes load at Startup and switch them on/off in XP?
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>> > 3) I've never liked MS's "Java Virtual Machine" and prefer to use
>> > Sun's JRE Plugin. How do I get the default Java to JRE? Mere
>> > installation didn't do it.
>> >
>> > 4) Can anyone explain to me why "Generic Host Services" wants to go
>> > out on port 1900? I've blocked it, but what is port 1900?
>> >
>> > I have many more but these are the ones bugging me the most, for
>> > now. I'm running Athlon 2400+ on an nForce2 platform and 98SE just
>> > couldn't handle it, eventually locking up or bluescreening with
>> > heavy use.
>> >
>> > Any input will be much appreciated, so thanks all.

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