[Rudolph Chien]

When I start my computer, it tries to start some process, like MSN Messenger
and Skype, before having started the wirelless net connexion, so they fail to
start and I have to start them mannually after that. How to change the order
of starting the windows XP professional processess?

[Steve B]

"Rudolph Chien" wrote:

> When I start my computer, it tries to start some process, like MSN Messenger
> and Skype, before having started the wirelless net connexion, so they fail to
> start and I have to start them mannually after that. How to change the order
> of starting the windows XP professional processess?

If you have programs running at start-up that your not bothered about
running, then disable them.
MSN Messenger can be disabled at start-up in the config settings for MSN Mess.
Then you can start it manually.
Otherwise, you can 'Cntrl+Alt+Del' to bring up task manager, then select
'processes'.
From there, you can set the priority for each item loaded at start-up.
P.S....what is Skype?

If you know what it is and don't need it, either uninstall the program
associated with it, or remove it from the process list.
'Skype' doesn't seem to be a used system file, I run xp pro and can't find
it on my system.

[djcaseley]

Skype is a VOIP messenger, like MSN, but for voice chats.

Process starting order is tricky. I've built machines in a corporate
environment requiring this before, and have gone down the road of
launching scripts instead. In your case the script would be:

Sleep for 15s
Launch Skype
Launch MSN

I say Skype first since it logs in a little faster, and is slightly
less burdonsome on the system.


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