kezzzs Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Hello, I'm sure a lot of people have this problem and I was wondering if anyone knew a way to fix it. When I boot into windows xp I have lots of propgrams loading up usually at the same time (the ones that show up in the bottom right). Now my problem is that MSN Messenger and AIM load before Norton Firewall which can be quite annoying because both of the IMs log-in, log-out when the firewall initilises and then log back in again. Is there any way I can make Norton Firewall the first program to start-up? Cheers, Kez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighter-X Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 im not exactly sure how, but you can try disabling one applications to see what happens or you can mess around with your startup apps by using msconfig. Start>Run>type msconfig and click startup tab on the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonezy712 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 stop ur IM's from logging in before you manually click log-in...on MSN main screen go to tools>>options>>general and untick "Allow automatic sign in when connected to the Internet", i dont know about yahoo as i dont use it lol :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kezzzs Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 yeah i knew about that but I'd like them to sign in automatically after the firewall is loaded :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kezzzs Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 yeah i knew about that but I'd like them to sign in automatically after the firewall is loaded :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_architect Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I dont think it is possible to change the startup order of programs in msconfig. An option is to uncheck all the startup programs in msconfig, then create a batch file with the programs you want to startup in it, in the order you want and place it in your "Start Menu->All Programs->Startup" Folder. For example (of batch file): start "" "C:\Windows\notepad.exe" start "" "C:\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe" This wil start notepad, then mspaint. Simply replace the file paths with the programs you want to start. Hope this is of some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saadu Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I have the same dilemma. I wish i could give priority to certain programs like firewall and AV to start first before other programs have a chance to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumblejumble Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 thanks for the useful information...helps alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 It would be really good if we could choose the order each program started up in I think. Maybe Microsoft should consider adding this into Vista, it wouldnt be that difficult? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kezzzs Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 I thought about e-mailling them with the suggestion because I wouldn't imagine it would be too difficult to implement it. Thanks for the batch file suggestion. I did consider it but couldn't be arsed so I thought I'd find out if there was a glaringly easy and obvious way to do it in windows that i'd missed but I guess not! Thanks all, Kez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningking7 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 There really shouldn't be a priority issue, just use registryseeker and you can control which programs you want to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegart Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The question isn't which programs to start but in which order to start them. I've recently asked myself if i could do something like that, but i don't know how. When my windows start, the disk goes crazy, it's like if you start messenger, iTunes, Spybot S&D adn OpenOffice at the same time, and it takes more time to run them at the same time. So any easy solution would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narshornsyst Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I dont think it is possible to change the startup order of programs in msconfig. An option is to uncheck all the startup programs in msconfig, then create a batch file with the programs you want to startup in it, in the order you want and place it in your "Start Menu->All Programs->Startup" Folder. For example (of batch file): start "" "C:\Windows\notepad.exe" start "" "C:\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe" This wil start notepad, then mspaint. Simply replace the file paths with the programs you want to start. Hope this is of some help. Il like very much the idea, is it possible to add a specified delay typically in seconds to each batch at startup? For example , I would like to start peerguardian.exe then 10 sec after emule.exe , and that 90 seconds or so after Windows starts. Thanks in advance , nar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KunalSethi Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 It is not possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted January 11, 2006 Veteran Share Posted January 11, 2006 Use a program such as startup delay http://www.snapfiles.com/get/startdelay.html or StartRight http://www.snapfiles.com/get/startright.html :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pax77kor Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 If you don't want to use 3rd party utilities, make a batch file similar to the following one. start E:\Misc\Desktop\Konfabulator\Konfabulator.exe delay 3 start E:\Misc\Miranda\miranda32.exe delay 2 start E:\Misc\Desktop\RainMeter\Rainmeter.exe delay 2 start E:\Misc\ObjectDock\ObjectDock.exe delay 3 start C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e, d:\Movie delay 3 start E:\Misc\WinCmd\WINCMD32.EXE delay 2 start E:\Misc\FlashFXP\FlashFXP.exe delay 3 start E:\Misc\Maxthon\Maxthon.exe delay 3 call E:\Misc\4nt\Links\ACDSee.lnk "delay" is an internal console command, so don't worry about downloading from internet. delay 1 ---> wait 1 second delay 2 ---> wait 2 seconds You get the idea... ^^; Save the file with an extension of .bat and put it in your satrtup folder. PS: Some programs need to be run from a shortcut rather than exe file itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badr3lz Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Nice... I really didn't know that... That is really helpful.. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKuro Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 what whould this command do? start C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e, d:\Movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_architect Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 To learn about the switches and such that 'start' uses, enter "start /?" into the command prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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