Clean Boot Windows XP By Drew Mathers | July 6, 2015 If the problem goes away after this procedure, re-enable items selectively until the problem returns. 1 1. Click: Start > Run 2 2. Type: msconfig [Enter] 3 3. Click: Services tab 4 4. Select: [x] Hide All Microsoft Services 5 5. Click: [Disable All] 6 6. Click: Startup tab 7 7. Click: [Disable All] 8 8. Click: [OK] 9 9. If you get “Access Denied”, Click: [OK] 10 10. Click: [Restart] Posted in Supplemental
![Type: msconfig [Enter]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clean-boot-windows-xp-02.png "Type: msconfig [Enter]")
![Select: [x] Hide All Microsoft Services](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clean-boot-windows-xp-04.png "Select: [x] Hide All Microsoft Services")
![Click: [Disable All]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clean-boot-windows-xp-05.png "Click: [Disable All]")
![Click: [Disable All]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clean-boot-windows-xp-07.png "Click: [Disable All]")
![Click: [OK]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clean-boot-windows-xp-08.png "Click: [OK]")
![If you get "Access Denied", Click: [OK]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clean-boot-windows-xp-09.png "If you get \"Access Denied\", Click: [OK]")
![Click: [Restart]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clean-boot-windows-xp-10.png "Click: [Restart]")