Multiple Boot Up Routines

[PSRumbagh]

Can WinXP Home SP3 be set up to give me the choice of one of several boot up
routines upon power up? For example a "long" (normal) boot routine that has
everything and a "short" boot routine that has a minimum set of drivers and
start up programs of my choice.

If using the "short" routine, what happens if I start a program that
requires drivers or processes that were not installed? Will the program call
up the required drivers and then run or will it just not run?

 

[DL]

No

No

 

[John John - MVP]

Yes, use Hardware Profiles:

CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles: Core Services
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739525(WS.10).aspx

Use Hardware Profiles to Troubleshoot Services
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754635.aspx


You may also find these to be useful:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/hardware_profiles.html
Windows XP Hardware Profiles - Little known goodies

Ken Salter's FSAutoStart 1.1 Build 11 Download
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5746.html

Ken's site (presently down)
http://www.kensalter.com/fsautostart/

John

 

[db]

one method is to clear
out the startups from
msconfig

and selectively choose
which ones to place in
the users "startup folder"
under program files.

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