Bootmanager

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Morgan Ohlson

Bootmanager.

I Have tried some.

I like one that fill this

# intuitive
# both install and remove app's (working!)


Morgan O.
 
Morgan said:
# intuitive
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CAG is. http://gag.sourceforge.net/
# both install and remove app's (working!)
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May I ask what you want the "remove" part to achieve?

Technically, you don't really remove a boot loader. The bootloader resides
in one fixed area of your system, meaning that at any time you have one
single boot loader on the MBR. If you install a new one, the old one gets
overwritten.

Bottom line: If you don't like one boot loader, install another one.

The closest thing I've seen to remove or uninstall a boot loader is Lilo or
GRUB (not sure which one. Both?), which keeps the old MBR backed up. Upon
uninstallation, the old one goes back. But this option is kind of system
specific.
 
André Gulliksen said:
CAG is. http://gag.sourceforge.net/
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Actually, I started to respond to the OP, but then realised that he
probably wasn't talking about boot managers as traditionally understood,
but about program starters.

I use WhereJames startup manager to control which applications start at
boot:
http://www.wheresjames.com/index.php?page=startupmgr

WheresJames doesn't catch all the services, though. To fiddle with
services, run the program msconfig (it comes as standard in XP). Click
the Startup and Services tabs to see what's running (there's a lot!).
You can enable and disable it at leisure. I'm not sure if the settings
persist on a reboot, though.

BTW, I think GAG is a great program. Very easy to use - but the OS must
be installed in its root partition, rather than the MBR. I've heard some
people complain about this approach, but I think that it's the best way
to tackle booting.
 
Actually, I started to respond to the OP, but then realised that he
probably wasn't talking about boot managers as traditionally understood,
but about program starters.
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Yes... right!
....in the old days such programs for Atari ST was called boot managers... as
one wishes to have "all possible" management at boot-up.

At the moment I have two Ram-managers of which I don't really know how o get
rid of the least wanted of them.
I use WhereJames startup manager to control which applications start at
boot:
http://www.wheresjames.com/index.php?page=startupmgr
Click to expand...
WheresJames doesn't catch all the services, though. To fiddle with
services, run the program msconfig (it comes as standard in XP). Click
the Startup and Services tabs to see what's running (there's a lot!).
You can enable and disable it at leisure. I'm not sure if the settings
persist on a reboot, though.

BTW, I think GAG is a great program. Very easy to use - but the OS must
be installed in its root partition, rather than the MBR. I've heard some
people complain about this approach, but I think that it's the best way
to tackle booting.
Click to expand...

Is there any problem in the "normal" way?


Morgan O.
 
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