startup proggies?

[markman]

How do I make something load in superstartup? Like the place where virus scanners load?

[MidgetsBro]

You can put an entry in the registry, under this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and it will load up at the start up.

[Gimlin]

http://www.pchelp.bz/tutorials.php?id=1

[markman]

but dont those just make normal statup things, like AIM and stuff?

[Gimlin]

you can make anything start up that way

[markman]

but how does virus scanner always come first?

Also, I have a program called startstop which lets you customize which programs load on startup. When the computer boots up, you have 5 seconds to customize the programs then everything will load in normal order. Now how does that proggy load before all the others do?

[whack_amol]

Ross goto your system configuration utility under system information. Im not sure how to get there in XP but i know in Win98

[markman]

i have 2k
2k has a buncha config utils...

[chrisjk]

I think whackamol is talking about msconfig

It doesn't come with Win2000 but I managed to get it from somewhere

[markman]

ok my virus scanner loads form the services tab. Where is that?

[chrisjk]

In the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Just make a new value under that key, call it what you want and have the value as the path to the app you want to load

[markman]

the virus scanner is not there....

[chrisjk]

? Mine is

What's yours?

[chrisjk]

Try searching the registry for values with the path to your AV

[MidgetsBro]

My virus scanner is there too...

NAV Agent = C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe

[HAVocINCARNATE29]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

...is where services run...

but the virus scanner loads BEFORE windows reg.

look in autoexe.bat:

@C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NAVDX.EXE /Startup


(i could be wrong, but i think the @ sign means run as service. and if anyone knows this for sure or knows its wrong, please tell me.)

[Appaq]

try to find out more about BOOT zone, writing and... programing! thats the superstartup zone

[chrisjk]

Originally posted by HAVocINCARNATE29
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

That does not exist in Windows 2000, it's just Run, not RunServices

[markman]

I found a key in
HKLM\software\system\controlset001\services\mcshield

maybe thats it
anyone else have anything there?

[JoshT]

Originally posted by markman
I found a key in
HKLM\software\system\controlset001\services\mcshield

maybe thats it
anyone else have anything there?

The RunServices key is a hack for 9x to get apps to run before user "logon", to act like NT services. The "Run" key on NT doesn't get executed until a user logs on, and I believe the programs execute in the context of the user that just logged on. True services under NT are at HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services mixed in with drivers. These are added via APIs for Services and can run as different user accounts (usually the LOCAL SYSTEM account).