boot time delay

[Geoff Briedé]

Hello All,

I've got a Dell laptop - an Inspiron 600m - which I bought new at the
beginning of the year (it really isn't bad, considering the cost, and is
admirable at doing what I bought it for) but I have a lot of progammes
running at startup that I'd like to stagger the run order of.

Is there a way to go into the startup entries in the registry and impose a
delay on the startup items?

Right now they all get dumped in at the same time and cause (sometimes) two
or three of them not start properly - and then they don't have icons in the
tray, and if I try to start the programme from the menu the computer tells
me that the programme is already running, then I have to go into the process
list, stop the programme, then start it again from the menu and then -
finally - the icon shows up in the tray and I can access it. I have already
stopped the progammes from loading that don't need to be there - but the
ones that are semi-crashing at startup I need at every session. If I load
them manually after boot, all is well, so I think that if I can just load
them in a staggered way at boot time, all will be well.

So, a 15 then 30 and finally 45 second delay (for example) on the three
conflicting programmes would be just the job.

Any ideas?

Regards,

- Geoff

 

[Dave Patrick]

For services.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;193888
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;115486

For applications.
To start applications sequentially create a shell script something like this
and place it in your \Startup directory.

-------------mystartup.cmd-------------
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\outlook.exe"
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\word.exe"
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe"
---------------end file------------------

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:
| Hello All,
|
| I've got a Dell laptop - an Inspiron 600m - which I bought new at the
| beginning of the year (it really isn't bad, considering the cost, and is
| admirable at doing what I bought it for) but I have a lot of progammes
| running at startup that I'd like to stagger the run order of.
|
| Is there a way to go into the startup entries in the registry and impose a
| delay on the startup items?
|
| Right now they all get dumped in at the same time and cause (sometimes)
two
| or three of them not start properly - and then they don't have icons in
the
| tray, and if I try to start the programme from the menu the computer tells
| me that the programme is already running, then I have to go into the
process
| list, stop the programme, then start it again from the menu and then -
| finally - the icon shows up in the tray and I can access it. I have
already
| stopped the progammes from loading that don't need to be there - but the
| ones that are semi-crashing at startup I need at every session. If I load
| them manually after boot, all is well, so I think that if I can just load
| them in a staggered way at boot time, all will be well.
|
| So, a 15 then 30 and finally 45 second delay (for example) on the three
| conflicting programmes would be just the job.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Regards,
|
| - Geoff
|
|

 

[Geoff Briedé]

Thank you Dave,

I will give that a try.

Regards,

- Geoff

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Hi,

And if you want a 10 seconds delay between the program launches:

-------------mystartup.cmd-------------
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\outlook.exe"
:: pause for about 10 seconds
ping.exe -n 11 127.0.0.1
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\word.exe"
:: pause for about 10 seconds
ping.exe -n 11 127.0.0.1
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe"
---------------end file------------------


For the ping command, the number behind -n is seconds you want to
"sleep" +1

127.0.0.1 is "localhost"

Regards,
Torgeir

Thank you Dave,

I will give that a try.

Regards,

- Geoff

For services.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;193888
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;115486

For applications.
To start applications sequentially create a shell script something like
this
and place it in your \Startup directory.

-------------mystartup.cmd-------------
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\outlook.exe"
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\word.exe"
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe"
---------------end file------------------

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello All,
|
| I've got a Dell laptop - an Inspiron 600m - which I bought new at the
| beginning of the year (it really isn't bad, considering the cost, and is
| admirable at doing what I bought it for) but I have a lot of progammes
| running at startup that I'd like to stagger the run order of.
|
| Is there a way to go into the startup entries in the registry and impose
a
| delay on the startup items?
|
| Right now they all get dumped in at the same time and cause (sometimes)
two
| or three of them not start properly - and then they don't have icons in
the
| tray, and if I try to start the programme from the menu the computer
tells
| me that the programme is already running, then I have to go into the
process
| list, stop the programme, then start it again from the menu and then -
| finally - the icon shows up in the tray and I can access it. I have
already
| stopped the progammes from loading that don't need to be there - but the
| ones that are semi-crashing at startup I need at every session. If I
load
| them manually after boot, all is well, so I think that if I can just
load
| them in a staggered way at boot time, all will be well.
|
| So, a 15 then 30 and finally 45 second delay (for example) on the three
| conflicting programmes would be just the job.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Regards,
|
| - Geoff
|
|

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thank you Dave,
|
| I will give that a try.
|
| Regards,
|
| - Geoff