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

Or just send me an email.

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:24 PM, GRAE CULLEN <tua57044@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>>> Brian Gaff's other account.
>>>
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