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how do i run a program before or at the time of win xp booting / during login screen
hi, i am using m2sys biometrics m2s1scanner,the problem now is if the fingerprint scanner is not connected, we can manually press a hot key & can manually give username &password , now i want to run a program at the same time and the winlogon scrren will open where we can give the username & password , now how do i run a program at that juncture, early response is appreciated
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let me see will get back
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hey sonchoy what u send me are the links to start a program after window has booted , i want to run the program before win xp boots preferably at login screen
Have you tried that? Cause
When a user is logging on to Windows, the startup sound is played, the shell (usually Explorer.exe) is loaded from the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, and startup items are loaded.
When a user is logging on to Windows, the startup sound is played, the shell (usually Explorer.exe) is loaded from the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, and startup items are loaded.
If you think you can play with windows registry, read this
http://www.ss64.com/nt/reg.html
then go to
start>run> type regedit then click enter. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWAR
http://www.ss64.com/nt/reg.html
then go to
start>run> type regedit then click enter. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWAR
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HI MICHKO,
THIS IS A VERY INFORMATIVE LINK, I WILL CHECK & GET BACK TO U
THANKS
THIS IS A VERY INFORMATIVE LINK, I WILL CHECK & GET BACK TO U
THANKS
create group policy and add script to start program to the Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\startup
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/33457