Using System Configuration Utility in Win XP

The System Configuration Utility is a very Powerful Tool.Its very Useful when the PC is hit by a Virus and the Registry Editor and Task Manager are Disabled.

To Open System Configuration Utility ,

Go to Start-->Run and type "msconfig".

This opens the System Configuration Utility.

There are 7 Tabs in the Window,The First 5 (General,System.ini,Win.ini,Boot.ini,Services) will be of no use for us when we want to tackle the Virus hits.The Last two Tabs (Startup and Tools) can be used for hunting down Virus.

Now to Close all the unwanted programs that run when the Sytstem Starts, We can use the Startup Tab.The Start up Tab shows all the Programs that have been registered to Run when the System starts.It Displays the Registry Key and the Location of the File that runs.The User can enable all the Programs or Disable All the Programs using the Buttons provided at the Bottom.Or to shutdown an illegal process, we can uncheck it, by clicking on the tick mark near it.Then Click OK.The File location should be  noted down so that we can delete the Virus File afterwards.

Normally, Virus could affect the Registry Editor Server and disable it.So, Now we open the Tools Tab in the System Configuration Utility.This Tab displays the basic Window Component Programs such as Registry Editor , Task Manager, System Restore,etc.....The User can open the Registry Editor or Task Manager through this by selecting them and using the Launch button on the Bottom.

Now, To ensure the file doesnt run again, we Should use the Registry  Editor.Search for the Illegal File names in The Registry Editor using Edit-->find. Delete all the matching Registry Keys.To Enable Resitry Editor which was disabled ,We could set the User Permissions for the Registry Editor.It is done by opening Edit---> Permissions, For the users whom you want the registry editor to work, select the user and click on Allow.Bang! Registry Editor opens normally.