(Keep in mind that clicking the Help button will provide you with the details of each option in System Configuration.) Figure A In Windows 7's System Configuration tool you'll find a more concise set of tabs. You'll also notice a more concise set of tabs. To begin with, you'll notice that the word "Utility" has been dropped from the name of the tool. Once System Configuration launches, as shown in Figure A, you'll discover several differences when compared to the Windows XP version. However, it is a bit quicker to just click the Start button, type msconfig.exe in the Start Search box, and press.
Of course, just like in Windows XP, you can launch the Windows 7 System Configuration utility by pressing +R to access the Run dialog box, typing msconfig.exe in the Open box, and then clicking OK. This blog post is also available in PDF format in a TechRepublic download and as a TechRepublic Photo Gallery. Therefore, in this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, I'll take a closer look at Windows 7's System Configuration utility. After I assured him that it was still a useful troubleshooting tool and described the modifications in the new version, I thought that a lot of people moving from XP to Windows 7 might have the same question. After reading my recent blog post, " Use Windows 7 Event Viewer to Track Down Issues That Cause Slower Boot Times, a friend who just recently made the move to Microsoft Windows 7 from Windows XP asked me whether the System Configuration Utility was still a viable tool to use in Windows 7.
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