Understanding each step in the startup process is important for troubleshooting problems that can occur while starting up or that can prevent the computer from starting at all. Microsoft® Windows® 2000 also provides tools that you can use to identify and repair startup problems when they occ...
When it comes to optimizing your Windows device, one of the key optimization areas is the startup process. The applications that run automatically when your device boots up can impact both the speed of your startup and the overall performance of your system. By custo...
When it comes to optimizing your Windows device, one of the key optimization areas is the startup process. The applications that run automatically when your device boots up can impact both the speed of your startup and the overall performance of your system. By custom...
This time I use theWin32_ProcessWMI class because it has theCommandLineproperty that will show me what command line is used to start a particular process. I can match that with theCommandproperty fromWin32_StartupCommand. There are a lot of processes running in Windows 10, and I want to...
Windows stores part of the operating system state into the hiberfil.sys file. When you next start your Windows device, this state is reloaded during startup. This process is sometimes referred to as Hybrid Startup. You can configure this behavior through Control Panel. In Pow...
The Registry plays an important part in the Windows 2000 startup process. This chapter explains how to make changes in the Registry to customize the startup process. To help you understand that process, though, here is a review of what happens when you start your computer and run Windows 20...
Windows stores part of the operating system state into the hiberfil.sys file. When you next start your Windows device, this state is reloaded during startup. This process is sometimes referred to as Hybrid Startup. You can configure this behavior through Control Panel. In Pow...
Early launch anti-malware protection (ELAM) is a security feature in Windows that allows anti-malware software to start before all other third-party components during the boot process. ELAM ensures that the system does not initialize unknown boot drivers that could be malicious. Select this option...
The Windows Startup Process When you start a Windows-based computer, it loads the operating system by using the following process: The computer runs a power-on self test (POST) that determines the amount of real memory installed on the computer and verifies the presence of required hardware co...
The Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) pathnames in Boot.ini point to the location of the boot partition for all Windows 2000 installations. A single line in Boot.ini represents each installation. During the startup process, the boot loader screen prompts you to choose an installation. ...