Controlling the order of programs during Vista startup.

P-man · 17 Nov 2007 at 12:24

Hi all.

Just wondering if anyone can help me to control the order in which programs start during Vista startup.

I want to keep the programs that do start up (such as AVG, MSN etc) on boot but i want them in a certain order.

The problem is that my laptop has a button to start the wireless connection. Now this button is controlled by a launcher application, but that launcher app. doesnt get started until after everything else.

Any ideas?

Thanks

modo77 · 17 Nov 2007 at 12:54

I could be wrong, but I don't think you can.

swinnie · 17 Nov 2007 at 13:43

modo77 said:
I could be wrong, but I don't think you can.

I've heard of an app for XP but not Vista and forgotten the name!

superplay · 18 Nov 2007 at 12:15

You can delay the startup of services in Vista via "Services" under admniistrative tools in the control panel (and via a reg hack in xp etc)

This may help you with AV startups etc if then run as a service.

Just a thought.

allllec · 18 Nov 2007 at 16:11

Used to use this on XP, never tried it on vista.

http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay