Cristi_E
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Detect when Windows has finished loading
Hi,
Is there a key (or anything) that i can read from windows to know that it has finished loading?
Can you provide some techniques to detect when Windows has finished loading especially using WMI, Visual Basic6 or Windows API?
I have a program that runs at startup, and i need it to open after the windows has finished loading (network is initialized etc).
Regards,
Cristi
Is there a key (or anything) that i can read from windows to know that it has finished loading?
Can you provide some techniques to detect when Windows has finished loading especially using WMI, Visual Basic6 or Windows API?
I have a program that runs at startup, and i need it to open after the windows has finished loading (network is initialized etc).
Regards,
Cristi
if your program is runs from startup, then u can bet windows has finished loading...if it is depend on specific process/service, u can query their status to make sure they are loaded and running
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For example it reads all the installed printers. Some times it tells that there are no installed printers bechause it cannot read them (or the returned value by the WMI is that there are no printers) and that is i think bechause Windows did not finished loading.
so you need to make sure the Spooler service is running and then it should give you list of installed printers.
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Yes in this particular case. It also tryes to connect to the internet and check if a licence is still valid, and also some tymes return a error bechause the network is not ready.
So should i understand that there is no universal method to tell taht windows has finished loading and it is ready to be used?
I really need that for all my programms that run at startup and perform som tasks.
So should i understand that there is no universal method to tell taht windows has finished loading and it is ready to be used?
I really need that for all my programms that run at startup and perform som tasks.
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OK.
So in my case when i use WMI to read all the installed printers, what should i check first before trying to read them? Is it possible that WMI itself not being ready when i try to use it?
So in my case when i use WMI to read all the installed printers, what should i check first before trying to read them? Is it possible that WMI itself not being ready when i try to use it?
you can be positive to use WMI when your program was launched, if that what you are concern about.
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Just add your program to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR E\Microsof t\Windows\ CurrentVer sion\Run
and it will be execuuted as soon as Windows has finished loading and before a user logs on. See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179365 ("INFO: Run, RunOnce, RunServices, RunServicesOnce and Startup")
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
and it will be execuuted as soon as Windows has finished loading and before a user logs on. See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179365 ("INFO: Run, RunOnce, RunServices, RunServicesOnce and Startup")
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Thenks for help!