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Jim

would my pc boot up faster if it didnt have to load that
welcome screen in xp? how do i get rid of the welcome
screen ?
 
Hi

If you want to logon onto to Windows without having to enter a password, try
the following:

From Start>Run type in

control userpasswords2

then uncheck 'Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer' and click 'Apply'. On the next screen - 'Automatically Log On' -
delete the name 'Administrator' from the User name box and enter your
account name and then the password in the next two boxes. OK your way out
and then reboot your system.



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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| would my pc boot up faster if it didnt have to load that
| welcome screen in xp? how do i get rid of the welcome
| screen ?
 
Delete all the .pf files in your prefetch folder, then reboot...that will
speed things up a lot depending how many prefetch files are in there...

MJM
 
What has the Prefetch folder got to do with bypassing the Welcome screen?

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Delete all the .pf files in your prefetch folder, then reboot...that will
| speed things up a lot depending how many prefetch files are in there...
|
| MJM
|
|
| | > would my pc boot up faster if it didnt have to load that
| > welcome screen in xp? how do i get rid of the welcome
| > screen ?
|
|
 
MJM;

I am curious. Why would deleting all Prefetch files make a machine boot
faster??
 
I think there is a little confusion here, lets not get into semantics over
Jims reference to the use of the word "boot", my interpretation of what Jim
was after was getting windows up and runnig faster, good house keeping of
the prefetch ( I know xp tries to kull the prefetch every 3 days, but just
not very effective) and that along with the least amount in startup will
speed up the time from booting the computer to getting to the desktop....

MJM.
 
MJM;

Cleaning out the Prefetch folder manually will not help anything for at
least three boots. And cleaning it out too often defeats it's purpose.
 
Wes,
Your are of course correct (a point I forgot to mention)
and just to clarify by "kull" I refer to xp preforming a mini defrag of the
prefetch folder about every three days or so....

MJM.
 
MJM;

Three boots. But you can kick start it.

Idle Task Scheduling: The ProcessIdleTask API
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/benchmark.mspx#XSLTsection126121120120

I have a batch file that I use to goose it along.
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You can start the process manually by....
Start | Run | Type: cmd | OK | Type or paste:

Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

ENTER
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[[It can take 10 to 15 minutes for idle tasks to complete. Task Manager will
report processes running, and the disk will likely be active during this
time.]]

rundll32.exe
DEFRAG.EXE (Disk Defragmenter Module)
dfrgntfs.exe (Disk Defragmenter NTFS Module)

You'll also see something like this in the Event Viewer, under Application.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: LoadPerf
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/9/2004
Time: 6:37:44 AM
User: N/A
Computer: MYPENTIUM450
Description:
Performance counters for the WmiApRpl (WmiApRpl) service were removed
successfully. The Record Data contains the new values of the system Last
Counter and Last Help registry entries.
===

Event Type: Information
Event Source: LoadPerf
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/9/2004
Time: 6:37:44 AM
User: N/A
Computer: MYPENTIUM450
Description:
Performance counters for the WmiApRpl (WmiApRpl) service were loaded
successfully. The Record Data contains the new index values assigned to this
service.
 
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