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John

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:43 pm
Post subject: notification of boot finished
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Hi,
Is there some kind of system notification that Windows XP signals when
it has finished loading all the services during boot? And also,
(hopefully) after executing everything in the Start Up program group?
I have an HTPC that is not connected to PC monitor and I would like to
play a sound when I know the system has fully booted.

Thanks.

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John

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:38 am
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John wrote:
> I would like to
> play a sound when I know the system has fully booted.

The Task Scheduler API has a Boot Trigger object that could possibly be
used. It would work perfectly if it was guaranteed that the Task
Scheduler was the last service to start (of course, that doesn't include
Start Program items, but that's not a big deal). Does anyone know if
services are opened in a specific order and if so, how to order them?

Thanks again.

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Wesley Vogel

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:15 pm
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How to delay loading of specific services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888

Configuring Service start up order in WinNT.
http://www.jsiinc.com/suba/tip0000/rh0069.htm

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John hunted and pecked:
> John wrote:
>> I would like to
>> play a sound when I know the system has fully booted.
>
> The Task Scheduler API has a Boot Trigger object that could possibly be
> used. It would work perfectly if it was guaranteed that the Task
> Scheduler was the last service to start (of course, that doesn't include
> Start Program items, but that's not a big deal). Does anyone know if
> services are opened in a specific order and if so, how to order them?
>
> Thanks again.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:20 am
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I have not been able to locate a reference to the specific boot order in XP. I'm starting to suspect that it's dynamic in nature (especially with the prefetch option).

I'd suggest enabling boot logging for a couple of boots to see what order your system does it in - but that's way, way too much work for me!
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