Hi, all,
I know you can use autoexnt to run a batch file on startup for Windows XP, but that only seems to work for 32-bit machines. I'm running Windows XP x64 on a box, and I need to have a script run on startup (without anyone's logging in). Any ides?
Thanks for the help.
On startup meaning Login, or on startup meaning (before anyone logs in)?
On login, you could just put a BAT in your Startup folder.
In your registry, accessible through "regedit" you can navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Add a Reg_sz type entry, doesn't matter what the key name is really, but as the value give the fully qualified path name to your program or batch file.
Can also use local computer policy to configure startup and shutdown scripts.
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/group_policy_editor.htm
Has a good walkthrough of how to do it.