It normally starts from the command prompt for diagnosis and troubleshooting and requires administrative privileges. (64-bit environments have no 32-bit counterpart.) Enhancements have been made since it first appeared with Windows 98.
Microsoft's genuine System Configuration utility program, ( msconfig.exe), resides in 'C:\Windows\System32' from Vista forward. The genuine msconfig.exe file is a software component of Microsoft Windows Operating System by Microsoft Corporation.
