RIGHT CLICK THIS PICTURE AND GO TO PROPERTIES AND HIGHTLIGHT THE LINK....THEN GO TO START AND HIT RUN AND THEN COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK IN THE RUN BOX. THE RUN BOX WILL SEE THE CHECKERED FLAG AND IT WILL KNOW TO STOP ALL THE PROGRAMS.
Msconfig DOES work on vista. Press the Windows Key + R to open a run prompt and type msconfig and hit enter. Hit enter again if windows needs your permission to continue.