Startup Software

[JFN]

Is there any FREE software availabale that monitors and allows you to see
the progress of the 'boot up' sequence of WinXP, upto the final task of
steady state.

J.

 

[Malke]

Is there any FREE software availabale that monitors and allows you to
see
the progress of the 'boot up' sequence of WinXP, upto the final task
of steady state.

J.

If the operating system isn't loaded, how would you run such a program
in Windows?

In Windows, you would need to Google for a boot logging program and read
the log afterwards. You can't just escape the boot splash screen and
watch the process as you can in Linux. And no, I can't suggest a
program like that because I've never used one. You would have to
download and try some yourself.

Malke

 

[NewScience]

You can set the Windows XP Registry Debug Mode value to log everything when
the system boots (Drivers, profiles, ....) and read the log after it
finishes.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Create a DWORD named UserEnvDebugLevel and set the value to 0x30002 (hex)

The log file is created under: C:\Windows\Debug\UserMode\Userenv.log

It will contain (example):

USERENV(220.224) 10:39:55:934 InitializePolicyProcessing: Initialised
Machine Mutex/Events
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:55:974 InitializePolicyProcessing: Initialised User
Mutex/Events
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:55:974 LibMain: Process Name:
\??\C:\WINXP\system32\winlogon.exe
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:045 Entering CUserProfile::Initialize ...
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:055 CUserProfile::Initialize called by winlogon
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:055 CUserProfile::Initialize: critical section
initialized
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:055 CSyncManager::Initialize: critical section
initialized
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:065 CUserProfile::Initialize: registry key
Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList opened
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:065 CUserProfile::Initialize: Proccessing
S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1006
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:065 CSyncManager::EnterLock
<S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1006>
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:065 CSyncManager::EnterLock: No existing entry
found
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:075 CSyncManager::EnterLock: New entry created
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:075 CHashTable::HashAdd:
S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1006 added in bucket 0
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:075 CUserProfile::CleanupUserProfile: Enter
critical section.
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:085 CUserProfile::GetRefCountAndFlags: Ref count
is 0, state is 00000104
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:085 CSyncManager::LeaveLock
<S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1006>
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:085 CSyncManager::LeaveLock: Lock released
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:095 CHashTable::HashDelete:
S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1006 deleted
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:095 CSyncManager::LeaveLock: Lock deleted
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:095 CUserProfile::CleanupUserProfile: Leave
critical section
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:095 CUserProfile::Initialize: Proccessing
S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1004
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:105 CSyncManager::EnterLock
<S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1004>
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:105 CSyncManager::EnterLock: No existing entry
found
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:105 CSyncManager::EnterLock: New entry created
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:115 CHashTable::HashAdd:
S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1004 added in bucket 21
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:115 CUserProfile::CleanupUserProfile: Enter
critical section.
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:115 CUserProfile::GetRefCountAndFlags: Ref count
is 0, state is 00000104
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:115 CSyncManager::LeaveLock
<S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1004>
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:125 CSyncManager::LeaveLock: Lock released
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:125 CHashTable::HashDelete:
S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1004 deleted
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:125 CSyncManager::LeaveLock: Lock deleted
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:135 CUserProfile::CleanupUserProfile: Leave
critical section
USERENV(220.224) 10:39:57:135 CUserProfile::Initialize: Proccessing
S-1-5-21-1390067357-1606980848-1060284298-1003

Remember to rename the Registry key (so you can use it later again), so that
Windows XP doesn't continually log.