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From: Brian Gregory [UK] on 28 Feb 2010 18:53 How does Windows XP decide all services have started and that it's okay to allow someone to log in? I would like to make it wait a longer time since some impatient users are logging in too quickly and complaining when tray icons (for example safe removal, volume control) never appear. -- Brian Gregory. (In the UK) ng(a)bgdsv.co.uk To email me remove the letter vee.
From: Jim on 1 Mar 2010 09:22 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:53:04 -0000, "Brian Gregory [UK]" <ng(a)bgdsv.co.uk> wrote: >How does Windows XP decide all services have started and that it's okay to >allow someone to log in? > >I would like to make it wait a longer time since some impatient users are >logging in too quickly and complaining when tray icons (for example safe >removal, volume control) never appear. AS my ex-wife used to say " Patience , James , patience . "
From: ju.c on 14 Mar 2010 18:07 How to delay loading of specific services http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888/en-us ju.c "Brian Gregory [UK]" <ng(a)bgdsv.co.uk> wrote in message news:44GdnbI7Gqh5nBbWnZ2dnUVZ8rOdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > How does Windows XP decide all services have started and that it's okay to > allow someone to log in? > > I would like to make it wait a longer time since some impatient users are > logging in too quickly and complaining when tray icons (for example safe > removal, volume control) never appear. > > Brian Gregory [UK]
From: Brian Gregory [UK] on 9 Apr 2010 18:50 "ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message news:ed8%23yK8wKHA.6140(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > How to delay loading of specific services > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888/en-us They actually admit they bodged it: "In some computers, especially older systems and those with slower peripherals, it may be necessary to delay the loading of a specific Windows service for the computer to boot properly" This shows Windows is incorrectly written software by any professional standard. If you know something could go wrong you are incompetent if you don't write the software so that it's impossible for it to go wrong. -- Brian Gregory. (In the UK) ng(a)bgdsv.co.uk To email me remove the letter vee.
From: Shenan Stanley on 9 Apr 2010 19:27
Brian Gregory [UK] wrote: > They actually admit they bodged it: > > "In some computers, especially older systems and those with slower > peripherals, it may be necessary to delay the loading of a specific > Windows service for the computer to boot properly" > > This shows Windows is incorrectly written software by any > professional standard. > > If you know something could go wrong you are incompetent if you > don't write the software so that it's impossible for it to go wrong. Not really. Since there are millions of combinations of computer hardware and computer software possible (billions even, probably a number larger than that) - to think any one piece of software (OS or otherwise) could handle all the possible combinations or be compatible with all the past/present and future possibilities as well is a ridiculous notion. In fact - the notion of doing anything so that it is *impossible for it to go wrong* demonstrates an ignorance of reality. The key works in my door lock now... Think it will work always no matter what happens? The car started fine this morning... Think it will work always no matter what happens? The river was flowing 2 miles from my house... Think it will always flow two miles from my house? Things change, progress, move about, do strange things. To expect the unexpected defies the definition. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |