How to start XP with minimal configuration?

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I have a laptop which is hooked up to my stereo (PIII 700 XP Pro) which
plays music via 802 11g from my desktop.

Occaisionally the music will skip or stutter, especially so when the
visualizations are on.

The question is:
Is it possible to have a start-up configuration for the laptop that
eliminates running anything other than what's neccasary to play the music?
Perhaps a boot-disk or a prompt for an alternate configuration? I'm using
Media Player to play the music.

I also need the laptop to be fully funtional once in a while as well so the
solution could not be permanent, only available when I need it for
entertainment.

Any advice would be great!

Thanks.
 
You can set the Reg_Sz string value of;
"Shell"="Explorer.exe"
to the full path of the program you wish to start by default. found at
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

For example to start the command interpreter;
"Shell"="C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe"

You may be able to define this per user at;
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

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|I have a laptop which is hooked up to my stereo (PIII 700 XP Pro) which
| plays music via 802 11g from my desktop.
|
| Occaisionally the music will skip or stutter, especially so when the
| visualizations are on.
|
| The question is:
| Is it possible to have a start-up configuration for the laptop that
| eliminates running anything other than what's neccasary to play the music?
| Perhaps a boot-disk or a prompt for an alternate configuration? I'm using
| Media Player to play the music.
|
| I also need the laptop to be fully funtional once in a while as well so
the
| solution could not be permanent, only available when I need it for
| entertainment.
|
| Any advice would be great!
|
| Thanks.
|
|
 
Your integrated audio chip is very weak. Consider the following:

PCMCIA Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=204&product=10769

Creative 70SB053000000 Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102183

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Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Hosh"wrote:

| I have a laptop which is hooked up to my stereo (PIII 700 XP Pro) which
| plays music via 802 11g from my desktop.
|
| Occaisionally the music will skip or stutter, especially so when the
| visualizations are on.
|
| The question is:
| Is it possible to have a start-up configuration for the laptop that
| eliminates running anything other than what's neccasary to play the music?
| Perhaps a boot-disk or a prompt for an alternate configuration? I'm using
| Media Player to play the music.
|
| I also need the laptop to be fully funtional once in a while as well so the
| solution could not be permanent, only available when I need it for
| entertainment.
|
| Any advice would be great!
|
| Thanks.
 
Thanks for those links.
If I was sure that would solve my problem I would get one on my way home
from work TODAY!
How can I be sure though that it's not weak video? As I said, the problem is
worse with the visualizations active.
 
Hosh expounded thusly:
The question is:
Is it possible to have a start-up configuration for the laptop that
eliminates running anything other than what's neccasary to play the music?
Perhaps a boot-disk or a prompt for an alternate configuration? I'm using
Media Player to play the music.

I also need the laptop to be fully funtional once in a while as well so the
solution could not be permanent, only available when I need it for
entertainment.
Click to expand...

Google for start-up managers. They let you set different configurations
of startup programs, and choose as needed. I like startcop from PC
Magazine.

-mb
 
Thanks for those links.
If I was sure that would solve my problem I would get one on my way home
from work TODAY!
How can I be sure though that it's not weak video? As I said, the problem
is worse with the visualizations active.
Click to expand...

Why not disable the visualization crap? It's utterly useless and wastes
tremendous amounts of CPU cycles...
 
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