[nvda] Re: When windows is ready...

well I don't mind some updaters, avg, and other updaters and checkers as long 
as I con configure them right.
stops me having to maintain loads of stuff.
is a pain for myself but only because I care I suspect.
At 11:24 a.m. 30/05/2009, you wrote:
>I use a program on my machine called startup control panel. Its a freeby.
>Its a bit less annoying than msconfig as it does not do all that comeing back 
>on affter a reboot stuff, and it groups the start up items in the user or 
>global or whatever sections via a tab and thus you can tell what is going on. 
>You can even run ones and check paths so you can get a good idea of who the 
>culprit is.
>Things like system trays, update checkers etc, can be a pain, but increasingly 
>it seems that anti virus software is being annoying a lot more in this respect 
>and as many of these are hidden to stop them being terminated by naughty 
>software its hard to do much about their default behaviour. AVG allows you to 
>fiddle with this update behaviour, but it has a second way to slow you down by 
>it using its real time checker just as you want to start doing stuff and 
>causing jerky opening of folders or starting of software. grr.
>
>Brian
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "GRAE CULLEN" <tua57044@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:24 PM
>Subject: [nvda] Re: When windows is ready...
>
>
>>This is a problem for sited people, too.  I am often annoyed by trying to
>>run things when windows first starts, because they start slowing, and the
>>system seems slow and slow to respond.   Many people experience this slow
>>behavor.  I am not sure how NVDA would ever know that.  Maybe have a program
>>that waits until your processor usage drops below a certain level, and then
>>makes a distinctive ding, or something.   However, how many people deal with
>>this problem is to have less things start at start up.    This will decrease
>>the time your computer is slow for, at start up.  Also, it maybe increase
>>you overall speed of the computer, by reducing the amount of stuff you
>>computer has running in the background.  To do this takes a little bit of
>>work, but it is really not that bad.  There is three basic ideas, find what
>>is ran at start up,  find out what those programs do and whether you need
>>them, then delete the ones you don't need.
>>
>>You have to edit the registry to do this.  However, the part of the registry
>>you are working with does not really seem very dangerous to me.
>>
>>If anyone is actually going to do this, or would like me to tell people how,
>>let me know.
>>
>>The process is pretty easy, but writting it out, does not seem worth it, if
>>no one is interested.
>>
>>For those of you you know the registry.  The registry directories to check
>>for run at start up items are:
>>
>>HKEY_LOCAL_Machine > Software > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version > Run
>>
>>and
>>
>>HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version > Run
>>
>>If you think a step by think is worth it. I will post it.
>>
>>Grae
>>
>>On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Zach <chickerland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>another good point. When I know: when the windows-xp-balloon noise happens
>>>twice, but I don't know what your machine does at start up so there is no
>>>real way to tell.
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Gaff Lineone downstairs" <
>>>bgaff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 3:06 AM
>>>Subject: [nvda] When windows is ready...
>>>
>>>
>>>Is there any way to detect when booting up that Windows is truly ready to
>>>>go? I ask not just for me but from people I talk to. It seems that in XP at
>>>>least, well after the screenreader has loaded, things are going on that make
>>>>Windows unresponsive, jerky or do nothing at all. This is presumably due to
>>>>processes like anti virus or whatever, doing stuff. Is there any way that
>>>>some kind of tone could be  used to detect these events, say for 30 secs
>>>>after the last item in the startup list has fired?
>>>>OK its probably not possible, but I gather there often are flashing icons
>>>>in the tray or whatever that tend to indicate programs doing things.
>>>>
>>>>Just a thought.
>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>>bgaff@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>>
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