Boost Startup of Windows and MP (ScriptedLogon)? (1 Viewer)

[Nova]

Hi Guys,

I want to boost up/optimize the startup of Windows and MP. I have red that ScriptedLogon (in the download-section of team-mediaportal.com) replace the explorer-task to boost up the Windows-boot-process.
But does that also work with a Windows-installation with two users (one for MP and one for office-work with Windows) and does this solution has problems with "MyPrograms"?
And I can't find the registry-key in Windows XP ("Shell" in "Winlogon" doesn't exists).

Is there another solution to boost up the Windows and MP startup-process?

Thanks!

Yours Nova

 

[~ok|]

hi ya,

the registry key from the help file is erroneous. The root key is not HK_CURRENT_USER but HK_LOCAL_MACHINE, thus you can't associate a specific user w/ a distinct shell.
I could be wrong and additional input on the subject is welcome.

If you want to log into your windows account faster, your best bet is not to load any service you have no use for. This will greatly improve windows startup speed. As a last resort, install Windows XP LSD 3.5 which is a rather impressive slipstreamed edition of windows (but you must possess a valid XP Corporate license).

 

[sko]

i've been looking for some information about Windows LSD 3.5, is it based on a French version of windows? see http://www.winlsd.org/

in that case it is useless for me

 

[~ok|]

yes indeed

I use it with english language on but most system messages are still in french. nLite or XPLite may then be your best bet.

cheers

 

[itech.services[at]gmail]

maybe there is another one, but ive never actualy tried, -

have you ever seen the boot.ini settings??? to (for example load a diferent (patched kernel), or diferent driversets ar posible to (i believe),

i think it would be posible as well to trick windows to load a diferent shell from a boot-ini command (even though im not completely shure how,

Pro: it takes less space on your hard-disk. because you will need only 1 os-instance ...

Con: on both running-options, it will leave you to load quite a few services you dont need at that point,
( example; you will be loading print-services on running MC, or advanced media services on running office).

the other way (a lot simpler, and even more powerfull - in terms of MP-performance) would be to create an ultra-lite xp install, as a mutli-boot option on your PC,

Pro:
more Media Center power,
less bloated install for your office OS,



Con:
It takes more harddrive space, (maybe even as mutch as 1GB).

 

[~ok|]

I may try to implement a user-checking command inside scriptedlogon if you really need it. I mean: a new command that will test who has logged in and then take appropriate action (i.e. either load explorer.exe or htpc-related programs).

e.g.
if user_logged MediaPortal
run mediaportal.exe
else
run explorer.exe

but i need to know first if it is really required. Please try to check that if one creates this key (if not already in registry) HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell
, and then try to change your default shell herein, it could work.
LiteStep works this way. I need some of your feedback here because I can't test it myself by now (I have no windows to work on at the moment).

Nevertheless and no matter which solution is chosen:
one may then imagine to only load some additional services (and not only programs) if a specific user is actually logged in.
Those must be set to 'manual' beforehand in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and then loaded, through the script, using sc.exe (sc start <service>).
Well, this is becoming complex but the original request was not trivial after all.

 

[~ok|]

As of date of 01/05/06, a "who is actually logged in ?"-kind of command is now implemented in scriptedlogon.
Hope it will be of some help.