How to make different start ups for XP

[markabaus]

Hi all,

I'm trying to figure out how to have a start up just for pro tools. From start/Run/Msconfig I all ready use selective start up to remove alot of start up items, so I can't just go between regular start up and selective for Pro Tools. Does anyone know of a way to have multable saved startups. I tried making a new user and that didn't work. These settings also aren't saved in the hardware profile so making a new one of those doesn't work for this either. Any Suggestions?

[vocalvoodoo]

I don't know if it can be done from the way you are asking, but what I have done is created a partition for Pro Tools only. It's a dual boot system and I have the option to boot to the PT or General partition.

[markabaus]

Thanks but I realy don't want to do have to go dual boot. Any other Ideas out there?

[Kryst]

Do you mean to have Pro Tools start up the moment your computer logs in?

[markabaus]

No, I just want to be able to have a saved start up that doesn't run all the extra stuff at start up like virus scan, blue tooth adaptors etc. There is a long list of start up items that load and I don't want to have to remember which ones I turned off for Pro Tools. What I want is the ability to boot my system with the min need for Pro Tools and then be able to reboot with my regular start up.

[erthquake]

There's a couple of things I do.

1) I created a second hardware profile in which my network card and sound card are disabled. So when the computer boots I can choose either this profile or my standard one before windows starts up. I only need to do this for more demanding sessions though.

2) I wrote a couple of batch files that kill unnecessary processes like Norton AV, network stuff, Adobe, etc. I just execute these from the run menu whenever I'm ready to use Pro Tools. It takes a minute or so to kill everything.

Not in front of my pc right now, but when I get home tonight, I'll post more details.

Cheers,

-quake

[markabaus]

Sounds interesting. I've already got the seperate hardware profile, but I'm definitaly interested in how your batch files work. I'd appreciate more info on those.

[erthquake]

Sounds interesting. I've already got the seperate hardware profile, but I'm definitaly interested in how your batch files work. I'd appreciate more info on those.

Sorry, rehearsal went a little long last night.

Wish I could do it here at work, but my boss made me buy a Mac for my desktop

I'll post it this evening.

[erthquake]

OK here are my two batch files that I run when doing a big pro tools session. The first one, strip.bat, kills a bunch of services, including the Norton AV suite, as well as some background tasks and programs. Netstrip.bat kills network related services assuming my network card was already running.

The "net stop" lines kills services, and the "taskkill" lines kill background processes, similar to if you right-clicked on the process in Windows Task Manager and selected "End Process".

I place the files in my root directory, C:\, and execute them by clicking on Start-->Run, then type in C:\strip.bat or C:\netstrip.bat and click OK. The strip.bat file takes a couple of minutes to complete.

Of course, you'll have different programs and services running on your box, so you'll have to figure those out and write your own batch files.

There's probably a more slick and efficient way to keep the processes and services from starting in the first place, but I haven't had time to figure it out yet.

Cheers,

-quake

:: strip.bat ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

net stop "Adobe LM Service"
net stop "Automatic Updates"
net stop "BES Client"
net stop "Cryptographic Services"
net stop "Indexing Service"
net stop "iPodService"
net stop "Network Location Awareness (NLA)"
net stop "PC-AFS Client"
net stop "Print Spooler"
net stop "SAVRoam"
net stop "Symantec AntiVirus"
net stop "Symantec AntiVirus Definition Watcher"
net stop "Symantec Event Manager"
net stop "Symantec Network Drivers Service"
net stop "Symantec Password Validation"
net stop "Symantec Settings Manager"
net stop "Themes"
net stop "Webroot Spy Sweeper Engine"
net stop "Windows Time"

taskkill /F /IM pcleland.exe
taskkill /F /IM krbcc32s.exe
taskkill /F /IM ccApp.exe
taskkill /IM VPTray.exe
taskkill /F /IM wdfmgr.exe
taskkill /IM tfswctrl.exe
taskkill /F /IM nvsvc32.exe
taskkill /F /IM issch.exe

:: end strip.bat ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


:: netstrip.bat +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

net stop "DHCP Client"
net stop "DNS Client"
net stop "IPSEC Services"
net stop "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)"
net stop "Network Connections"

:: end netstrip.bat +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++