Has anyone used 'Startup Delayer'?

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I've just downloaded & installed Startup Delayer v2.1.10 from the url
below but haven't 'activated' it yet - has anyone had any experience
of this program?

http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay
(scroll down the page)

Part of the program decription says:

"When Windows loads it's Startup file, it attempts to load every
program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot
of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and
grab CPU time so that it can load.

If each program tries to do this at the same time, you soon notice the
slow down that occurs, due to your CPU trying to help all the programs
to load, and your hard disk accessing multiple files.

Startup Delayer allows you to setup how many seconds after Windows has
started, to load each program."

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John Latter

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism (based on an extension to homeostasis) linking Stationary-Phase Mutations to the Baldwin Effect.
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/TEM.html

'Where Darwin meets Lamarck?' Discussion Egroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evomech
 
I've just downloaded & installed Startup Delayer v2.1.10 from the url
below but haven't 'activated' it yet - has anyone had any experience
of this program?

http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay
(scroll down the page)

Part of the program decription says:

"When Windows loads it's Startup file, it attempts to load every
program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot
of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and
grab CPU time so that it can load.

If each program tries to do this at the same time, you soon notice the
slow down that occurs, due to your CPU trying to help all the programs
to load, and your hard disk accessing multiple files.

Startup Delayer allows you to setup how many seconds after Windows has
started, to load each program."
Click to expand...

I use BatchRun which can do the same thing. It's freeware and can be found
here:

http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=1
 
I've just downloaded & installed Startup Delayer v2.1.10 from the url
below but haven't 'activated' it yet - has anyone had any experience
of this program?
Click to expand...

I've used an older version (thanks for the update notice) for a long
time without a problem. You really only need to use it, set a delay
factor, for startup progs that for some reason don't cooperate.

On this machine I use it to delay loading MLin's StartupMonitor because
another item loading at startup always seemed to excite it even though
it shouldn't have.
 
John said:
I've just downloaded & installed Startup Delayer v2.1.10 from the url
below but haven't 'activated' it yet - has anyone had any experience
of this program?
Click to expand...

I use it and have had no problems whatsoever.
 
John Latter said:
I've just downloaded & installed Startup Delayer v2.1.10 from the url
below but haven't 'activated' it yet - has anyone had any experience
of this program?
Click to expand...
--- snip ---

====== I used it on my old , slow 98 computer, it seamed to help , it
didn't start much faster , but I could control which programs loaded
when , so it didn't boog down ( I put Zonealarm on a 20 second delay )
and as far as I know it's still running on the old machine (I gave it
away ) ==========
 
I've used an older version (thanks for the update notice) for a long
time without a problem. You really only need to use it, set a delay
factor, for startup progs that for some reason don't cooperate.

On this machine I use it to delay loading MLin's StartupMonitor because
another item loading at startup always seemed to excite it even though
it shouldn't have.
Click to expand...

Thanks Charles - I use StartupMonitor too so I'll bear that in mind!

Thankyou to Super Mike & Mike 555 too :)

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John Latter

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism (based on an extension to homeostasis) linking Stationary-Phase Mutations to the Baldwin Effect.
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/TEM.html

'Where Darwin meets Lamarck?' Discussion Egroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evomech
 
I've just downloaded & installed Startup Delayer v2.1.10 from the url
below but haven't 'activated' it yet - has anyone had any experience
of this program?

http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay
(scroll down the page)

Part of the program decription says:

"When Windows loads it's Startup file, it attempts to load every
program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot
of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and
grab CPU time so that it can load.

If each program tries to do this at the same time, you soon notice the
slow down that occurs, due to your CPU trying to help all the programs
to load, and your hard disk accessing multiple files.

Startup Delayer allows you to setup how many seconds after Windows has
started, to load each program."
Click to expand...

You can also try Jackass Joe's StartRight. I've used it to make some
programs play nice with each other. Also you can start using windows a
lot sooner when restarting.
 
Works well for me.
I have my cable login start 50 seconds after boot-up and then my Outlook
Express starts 10 seconds after that.
Lets me walk away from my PC as it boots up and logs on and checks for
emails.
regards
PeterH


John Latter said:
I've just downloaded & installed Startup Delayer v2.1.10 from the url
below but haven't 'activated' it yet - has anyone had any experience
of this program?

http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay
(scroll down the page)

Part of the program decription says:

"When Windows loads it's Startup file, it attempts to load every
program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot
of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and
grab CPU time so that it can load.

If each program tries to do this at the same time, you soon notice the
slow down that occurs, due to your CPU trying to help all the programs
to load, and your hard disk accessing multiple files.

Startup Delayer allows you to setup how many seconds after Windows has
started, to load each program."

--

John Latter

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism (based on an extension to
Click to expand...
homeostasis) linking Stationary-Phase Mutations to the Baldwin Effect.
 
PeterH said:
Works well for me.
I have my cable login start 50 seconds after boot-up and then my Outlook
Express starts 10 seconds after that.
Lets me walk away from my PC as it boots up and logs on and checks for
Click to expand...

How does that differ from not using "Startup Delayer"?
 
John Latter said:
I've just downloaded & installed Startup Delayer v2.1.10 from the url
below but haven't 'activated' it yet - has anyone had any experience
of this program?

http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay
(scroll down the page)
Click to expand...
<Snip>
Please mention your OS when asking such questions. The answer often
depends upon it.

Widely used for years.

Note that startup managers generally fall into two categories:
Modify registry entries, etc., in place;
Create separate registry entries, etc., and move current data.
A few are mixed (e.g., move registry entries but not startup folder
shortcuts).

Those that move data may delete old data or disable in-place (where
possible). They should also have an option to exclude some entries.
Security programs in particular are finicky about registry changes.

IIRC, Startup Delayer moves data. I don't remember how well it
restores the original configuration.

If you encounter a problem during startup or with the manager, those
that remove the original entry can be much more difficult to resolve.
For example a repair procedure for another application didn't work
because it didn't find the keys it expected.

Another common problem is that application upgrades sometimes fail,
generate errors that aren't, or misbehave subtley, e.g., ignore some
current settings. I've also had upgrades re-add missing keys or
enable disabled ones, yielding duplicates.

Also note that Startup Delayer does not add any new "finish-start"
dependencies (complete A before starting B). Depending upon the
registry key, a few key pairs have that but not within a key and not
between some key pairs. The only guaranteed dependency is
"start-start" (start A, then start B) -- and not always then in a
blatently obvious fashion. Adding a sufficient delay does mean that
for practical purposes that B will start after A.

There are generally three reasons to use it:
- Eliminate conflicts. The conflict may be serious (won't complete
boot) or informational (an unnecessary caution message).
- Improve performance. Serializing access may improve actual
performance (total elapsed time) by reducing resource consumption
conflicts such as excessive swapping. Serializing access also may
improve perceived performance. I wait to synchronize web pages so the
system responds more quickly to my additional ad hoc demands like
wanting to surf.
- "Enforce" a dependency. As noted, this is a practical
enforcement, not an absolute logical dependence. I have a
supplemental tray manager that combines several independent tray icons
into a single icon with a menu; the tray manager takes a little while
to initialize and must have completely operations before it can catch
the additional icons. Otherwise sometimes I have to manually move an
icon to the menu.

(My apologies if I've answered a question you neither asked nor want
to ask.)

BillR
 
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