A user calls in and complains that her system is too slow to respond at boot-up. After an initial assessment, you notice that many programs on her computer are configured to start at boot-up. Which utility should you use to disable unwanted programs from starting during boot-up?
A)fdisk
B)regedit
C)Safe mode
D)msconfig

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To view, edit, and disable the programs starting up when the computer boots, use the msconfig command. To use this command, click Start, Run, and then type msconfig.
Key Takeaway: Msconfig is a utility used to view and enable/disable programs from starting during the boot-up process. This frees up system memory required to open and run programs of your choice quickly. It is a frequently used tool to manage the startup applications. However, this utility does not have an option to delete the entries. The entry which you unchecked a long time back may still show up, while the application may have been uninstalled already. To remove the invalid entries in the System Configuration utility, you need to edit the registry or use a third-party utility.

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