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
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