When the computer loads with boot logging you can see it loading all the
files. Looks something like....

\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\<filename1>
\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\<filename2>

.... now I am curious about where the information for loading these drivers
is located. What file says to load which drivers on bootup?

It comes from information stored in the Start Values in the registry
services keys stored at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

Possible start values:

Boot 0x0
System 0x1
Automatic 0x2
Manual 0x3
Disabled 0x4

Note that the CurrentControlSet key is not a real key as such, it is
created from one of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSetnnn keys
when the computer is booted.

John

Spamhugger wrote:

> When the computer loads with boot logging you can see it loading all the
> files. Looks something like....
>
> \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\<filename1>
> \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\<filename2>
>
> ... now I am curious about where the information for loading these drivers
> is located. What file says to load which drivers on bootup?