jammer1221
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Hi, I was wondering if its possible to halt programs (Except one), right after windows starts up. If this is possible could someone lead me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Matt
Thanks,
Matt
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Halt Program Start Up
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Use pskill from the sysinternals website. Just pass it the processid of the executable you want to kill. In order to find out what the processid is, use their pslist utility.
Hint: Be judicious in it's use. Killing some processes will result in an instant blue-screen.
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Hint: Be judicious in it's use. Killing some processes will result in an instant blue-screen.
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jammer1221
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Thanks for the reply and I couldn't find that program, but from what it sounds like I don't think that's what i want. All I want is to be able keep other programs and basically windows from loading until my program is done executing...After it's done loading I want windows and all the other programs to start up just like it normally would without my program. An example is if you've ever seen an anti virus' software's spalsh screen come up the second you logon and then stay there and not let anything load until it's done checking for things. Well I hope that helped explain a little bit more what I mean, if not I'll try and explain better next time
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Let's imagine if this were true (preventing other programs from launching).
I could then write a program which could wedge itself into the system before the anti-virus program runs, leaving the computer wide-open to attack. I could also write a keylogger that would monitor what the user does on the computer. It also implies that I can control the lifetime of other programs, in effect doing a local denial of service attack.
All of these things would be bad, so the operating system doesn't permit it.
Chip H.
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I could then write a program which could wedge itself into the system before the anti-virus program runs, leaving the computer wide-open to attack. I could also write a keylogger that would monitor what the user does on the computer. It also implies that I can control the lifetime of other programs, in effect doing a local denial of service attack.
All of these things would be bad, so the operating system doesn't permit it.
Chip H.
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