delaying a service

[MarkMeerten]

Hi,
Most people her complain that their computer is to slow...
But i've got a problem because my computer is to fast ;-)
Weird isn't it?!?

I've installed a card reader (serial) to my pc. I've also installed a tool called TallTech so this card reader can be acceses over the network.
TallTech uses a service to startup and run in the background.

The problem is that, when rebooting the computer, the service starts to fast (the card reader is still initializing)

Is there a possibility to delay the service so it will start say 2 minutes after i've logged in???

Greetz,,
Mark

 

[bcastner]

The formal method would be to control (or add) dependent services to this program. This can be done in the registry, but this requires some knowledge of how the program is initiated and your changes may not be persistant.

XP offers through Control Panel, Scheduled Tasks, an alternative. A program can be scheduled to run at startup of the machine, or at logon. This is often easier to do than to use the equivalent scripting facility for adding commands during Startup and/or Logon through Group Policy.

Start the Scheduled Tasks applet through Control Panel and add the program to be executed, with the schedule set to run at logon. This likely would solve your problem.

There are freeware alternatives if you wish or have to, continue to use the StartUP folder or the Run key approach. Startup Delayer is one good example:

http://www.webattack.com/get/startdelay.shtml

 

[bcastner]

This may be caused by the asyncronous loading of networking during the boot up process. This speeds up the login process in a stand-alone workstation by allowing the user to log in with cached logon credentials before the network is fully ready.

To disable this "feature" and restore your logons to their normal speed, open the MMC and add the group policy snap-in. Under Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->System-->Logon, change "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" to ENABLED.