Startup order

[Guest]

Is it possible to rearrange the order in which programs start on boot up
My zone alarm firewall always starts last. I'd like it to start first so that I am protected quickly
Any advice
Thanks in advance

 

[Kenny]

add the XP firewall to your connection, that way you will be protected from
the start.
you can also try this program: start up delayer

http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

No, not really. The problems lie in that a) the program writer(s) decide
where in the startup routine to load their program and b) some programs have
certain process dependencies. The former is generally a hard-coded part of
the program, change is minimal at best and in general you will only be able
to move it further back, not initiate it sooner. The latter cannot be
changed as the program may not operate properly if the dependent processes
are not loaded. In this case, you run into the same scenario as in (a) where
you cannot initiate the program until the dependencies are loaded.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi BFG - The core part of ZA which provides the protection (the True Vector
Internet Monitor) is one of the earliest services started. What you're
seeing start late is the ZA GUI.

Here's some additional data that may be of help:

you should read and print out/save for future reference mskb article Q179365
here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q179365 which will
tell you the order in which things get loaded.

Two additional resources which have useful information relating to startup
issues are:

How to Delay Loading of Specific Services
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;193888

HOWTO: Control Device Driver Load Order
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q115/4/86.asp

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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[Guest]

Thanks for the replies
I get the picture well now
Keep up the good work.