Startup & Services Questions

[BeeJ]

MSCONFIG

Startup
1) startup item and command are both blank.
Location shows ...\CurrentVersion\Run

How do I find out what this is?

2) is there a way to control the order of startup?


Services
1) is there a way to control the order of startup?

When I start my laptop, the USB mouse or touch-pad can be immediately
available or not until all seems to be loaded. What a pain.
Is there a way to force immediate mouse startup?

 

[BeeJ]

David H. Lipman submitted this idea :

Just have patience until the system becomes quiescent.

So you don't know. You sound more like a psychotherapist.

 

[BeeJ]

Unlike command-line oriented operating systems in which the
computer's startup sequence can be controlled by programming
the sequence for the loading of devices, drivers, etc., Windows
startup depends on the state of the system when it was last
shut down. This data is stored in the Windows Registry when
Windows writes to it during the shut down sequence.

David's advice is reasonable. During start up, sit back and
wait for the log in screen; log in and remain patient until
all of the icons have appeared and/or the HD has stopped
thrashing.

GR

Unfortunately the problem usually boils down to the USB mouse not being
activated. I have to unplug and re-plug to get it to go. I was hoping
that I could avoid wearing out my USB connector. I already have one
USB connector that is sloppy and the slightest touch causes the USB
drive (in this case) to restart. (BTW is is the laptop not the drive
since it does the drive does not have the problem in a different but
inconvenient slot).

 

[GS]

David's advice is reasonable. During start up, sit back and
wait for the log in screen; log in and remain patient until
all of the icons have appeared and/or the HD has stopped
thrashing.

Right on! ..works for me every time<g>!

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[BeeJ]

BeeJ laid this down on his screen :

MSCONFIG

Startup
1) startup item and command are both blank.
Location shows ...\CurrentVersion\Run

How do I find out what this is?

2) is there a way to control the order of startup?


Services
1) is there a way to control the order of startup?

When I start my laptop, the USB mouse or touch-pad can be immediately
available or not until all seems to be loaded. What a pain.
Is there a way to force immediate mouse startup?

No one has addressed my forst question.
Anyone?

 

[BeeJ]

David H. Lipman formulated the question :

Maybe 'cause it was forst on us ;-)

Actually you can control what is loaded in what order but really, its not a
solution to your "perceived" problem.

Each Registry Run command is identified by a string. It just so happens they
are loaded in alphanumeric order. But changing the load order is NOT a
solution.

Your mouse is not availble not because what is loaded, it is because the
mouse utilization is given a backseat to the loading operating system and
subsequent components being loaded. This causes a high CPU utilization which
will make the mouse less responsive until its process, which had been queued,
is reached.

How much RAM is in the PC in question ?

Again - patience !

System says 3.24G RAM.

So if I search the reg for one of the visibly named I might find the
blank named?

 

[Ben Myers]

MSCONFIG
Startup
1) startup item and command are both blank.
Location shows ...\CurrentVersion\Run
How do I find out what this is?

Start regedit, browse to the affected key, right-click "Default" in the right
window, select "Modify binary data" and make sure it is set to "0000".
If there is more, press "Delete" until only "0000" remains, then click "OK".

2) is there a way to control the order of startup?

Yes, to some degree.

Services
1) is there a way to control the order of startup?
When I start my laptop, the USB mouse or touch-pad can be immediately
available or not until all seems to be loaded. What a pain.
Is there a way to force immediate mouse startup?

Possibly Windows Update. Go to "Control Panel", "Automatic Updates" and
select "Notify me, but don't automatically download and install" and see if that
makes a difference. Also, check other updaters, like Java, Flash and Adobe.

Ben

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

On 5/3/2013 3:40 PM, BeeJ wrote: []

Unfortunately the problem usually boils down to the USB mouse not being
activated. I have to unplug and re-plug to get it to go. I was hoping
that I could avoid wearing out my USB connector. I already have one USB
connector that is sloppy and the slightest touch causes the USB drive
(in this case) to restart. (BTW is is the laptop not the drive since it
does the drive does not have the problem in a different but inconvenient
slot).

Suggest that BIOS setup be checked to ascertain whether or not there
is an On/Off toggle for an USB mouse. If exists, then set it to On in
order to physically identify the USB mouse instead of relying Windows
to find it via plug-n-play whenever it starts or re-starts.

If no setting in the BIOS, check the laptop's control panel for an
applet that controls the touchpad/mouse settings. Some laptops have
this feature.

GR

GR

In the meantime (or as well), get hold of a short USB extension lead, so
that it's the end of _that_ that gets worn out, rather than the socket
in the laptop. If you look in your local poundshop (or US equivalent),
you may well find some USB-powered novelties that come with a 6" or so
such lead, for less than the cost of the lead alone from a more
conventional supplier. Give the novelty away!

 

[RJK]

David H. Lipman formulated the question :

System says 3.24G RAM.

So if I search the reg for one of the visibly named I might find the blank
named?

As I cast my eye through this thread, the word "patience" crossed my mind,
then David H. Lipman beat me to it !!!
....and "...forst on us" ...made me laugh

....anyhoo, for the past couple of years, during PC houskeeping, I take a
quick glance in registry HKLM and HKCU "run" locations to check what might
have replanted itself, ...sometimes one or two "check for update" 's have
crept back in there ! ..but, my old gorgeous Asus M3N78/Phenom II x4 3ghz
is still gorgeous - about 75 seconds to boot up, and my old Asus CR620 was
transformed, (spec. boot up time), when I slapped a SSD hard disk in it -
about 20 seconds to boot up.

Luckily, (I bought Acronis TrueImage and imaged the working SSD hd out onto
the 5,400 rpm hd that was originally in the Laptop), because a couple of
weeks after fitting SSD, it collapsed and refused to boot, ...after
restoring image from external hd, Laptop has not thrown a single "wobbly"
since !!! ...so I don't think I'd reccommend an SSD for data storage !!!

SO, there you are, ....it takes a LONG time to gain sufficient patience for
boot up ! ...but, as soon as ones back is turned, it's done !!!

regards, Richard