Windows stratup

I have a question relating to startup.

When XP starts up it takes a few minutes before all programs are loaded and
if you don't wait long enough it seems to have a problem starting programs
from the desktop . I would like to be able to set something up which loads up
last and puts out a message which says 'Your computer is now ready for use '
..

Any simple solutions

Brian:

You may want to first check and see what's current starting up (and possibly
bogging down) your system.

See http://tinyurl.com/35cwks

I'll leave the question regarding the load up sequence at Startup to someone
else.

Hope this is of some help.

"brian" <brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>I have a question relating to startup.
>
> When XP starts up it takes a few minutes before all programs are loaded
> and
> if you don't wait long enough it seems to have a problem starting programs
> from the desktop . I would like to be able to set something up which loads
> up
> last and puts out a message which says 'Your computer is now ready for use
> '

No way to do that, AFAIK. Turn on the computer, go get your coffee, and
come back. Or manage/reduce the number of programs that are loading at
startup. Do some clean boot troubleshooting to find out what's causing the
hold up.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]