Thread: Possible Start up Programs

I freshly found out today that there is a way of getting the Wi-Fi to start automatically on a siemens fujitsu laptop. Generally you have to strike alt as well as f-something or other and it takes eternally. I spend my friend’s laptop up quite a lot.

I had to copy a certain file into the start up folder for it to work. It got me opinion that there must be additional features you can acquire that make the PC do extra things on startup?

Does someone make out what any of these may be as well as how to do them? I'm actually interested in how it all works.

Thank you,

Typically with Windows Vista or 7 there is no unique program you require to run neither to start Wi-Fi, nor to hook up to a favorite network if it is accessible.

But, to your question, you can identify roughly everything you want to start on boot. But remember that the more that starts automatically the longer until you really get control of the PC. Just drag a shortcut into the Startup Folder (I wouldn't put files there unless they are really small). I use a little script that deletes my Temp folder and creates a new one. If there are things that you (almost) always do at the beginning of a session those are good candidates.

Such as, if you always start up Windows Mail as well as IE you may want to put their shortcut icons into the Startup Folder.

They’re pleasant ideas. Can you explain what the Temp folder thing does for me?

I know what you mean with the Wi-Fi, but to allow Wi-Fi on certain laptops, like the siemens fujitsu, you have to press alt an f button. this then makes it feasible to find the wireless networks, I found a little bit of html earlier that you can paste into a notepad page and then put in your startup folder which means that it does this automatically,

what i mean is, are there little tricks like this that you can do? that wouldnt necessarily be in your programs folder? Llike your temp folder thing?

Thanks.

To demonstrate the Temp folder thing, click on the Start orb and type

explorer.exe %temp%

That should open a window showing all your account's Temp files. Lots? If you try to delete them you'll find that some are in use and you can't do so. If you want to clean them all out on start up as I do ...

Launch Notepad. Copy these two lines into the blank window

rd /s /q %temp%
md %temp%

File - Save As - make the name "cleantemp.bat" (be sure to use the quotes; if you don't the file will end up as .txt and will not work) and save it to your desktop.

Then drag the cleantemp.bat file from your desktop to the Startup Folder. The first command removes the Temp directory and all subdirectories quietly (w/o asking any questions). The second makes a new Temp directory. And that, sir, is my only Startup trick.