Question about Win2k and IRQ's...

[BlackDragon8303]

Alright guys first off....this is my first time with win2k and im use to just typing "Msconfig" popping up the window and disabling the programs I want so that they dont start up right away upon boot up....how do I do that in win2k? Any utilities out there? Also how do you manually set IRQ's in win2k, winme, win98 etc? Thanks guys!

 

[BlackDragon8303]

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[kvizbar]

Search for a program called Startup Cop.

I use it and it works quite well.

Under w2k, are you trying to change some IRQs off of #9?? If so, and you're not actually having any problems then don't!! It is supposed to be like this.

 

[Sugadaddy]

with ACPI enabled, all devices will share IRQ 9, leave it like this if you don't have any problems, that's how win2k works. I use msconfig in win2k, you just need to copy the file from win98 to the winnt/system32 folder. gives a few errors when you start it, but works fine.

 

[AndyHui]

I always seem to answer this question about 5 times a week.

While you can copy over MSCONFIG.EXE for limited functionality, StartUp Control Panel from Mike Lin is far more flexible and full featured, and works perfectly under Win2K.

 

[caballo]

<< with ACPI enabled, all devices will share IRQ 9 >>


I have my system (Win 2k SP1 - MSI KT7 Turbo, Duron 850) all devices on IRQ 11 and everything seems to be working OK. Did you guys read somewhere that it is suppossed to be 9 or is just any of the available IRQs??

 

[kvizbar]

Actually mine is running with all PCI devices on IRQ-11 right now. I didn't even notice until I read your post.

On previous installs on this system, all devices shared IRQ-9.