DL wrote:
> You cannot, unless you use a batch file or third
> party
> tool to control your startups.
> Generally, Firewall & AV apps are about the last
> items to
> load natively.
> "Gerald Ross" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> How do I set the boot order so that my firewall
>> (Zonealarm) starts before my mail checker.
>> --
>> Gerald Ross
>> Cochran, GA
>>
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It's not that they load last; it's that they FINISH
loading last.
ntregopt can often help with that IF it's a real
problem. It doesn't change any registry data but it
does change the order of startup programs for the best
efficiency.
Autoruns will let you do some things with regard to
when things start.
From:
http://oakroadsystems.com/tech/winxptip.htm
Order of Startup Programs
If the order of startup programs matters to you,
execute them from a script or batch program where you
can control the order.
You’ll see an awful lot of claims about the order
programs are run at startup, but you shouldn’t count on
any of them. In the words of Raymond Chen, “They are
relying on undocumented behavior which can change (and
indeed has changed) over time.” For more, see “What
order do programs in the startup group execute?” at
blogs.msdn.com.
Microsoft states explicitly in KB article 179365, Run,
RunOnce, RunServices, RunServicesOnce and Startup, that
program keys and entries are “loaded asynchronously”,
except that “Entries in the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\...\RunOnce key are loaded
synchronously in an undefined order.”
For an annotated list of places where Windows looks for
startup instructions, see “Re: Starp up sequence” [sic]
in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (Usenet article
posted 2005-07-26 by Wesley Vogel and archived here),
and scroll down to “Here is my longer version”. Or
download and run the free Autoruns program from
Sysinternals.com.
HTH
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