Configuring Windows Start Up
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Is there any way to configure windows services so that they start up for one user but not another? I am wondering if there is a way to set up my machine (without dual booting) so that one user loads up all my programming goodies (IIS, MS Sql Sever, MySQL, the Debbugging service, etc) and the other to be as bare bones as I can get it, mostly for playing games. The smartest move would be to get a 2nd computer, the second would probably be to dual boot, but I'm just not that smart. :cool: Has anyone else been successful with the programming/games box split personality?
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Is there any way to configure windows services so that they start up for one user but not another? I am wondering if there is a way to set up my machine (without dual booting) so that one user loads up all my programming goodies (IIS, MS Sql Sever, MySQL, the Debbugging service, etc) and the other to be as bare bones as I can get it, mostly for playing games. The smartest move would be to get a 2nd computer, the second would probably be to dual boot, but I'm just not that smart. :cool: Has anyone else been successful with the programming/games box split personality?
Services starts before the user logs on, so the answar is no. - Anders Bill's Bar
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Is there any way to configure windows services so that they start up for one user but not another? I am wondering if there is a way to set up my machine (without dual booting) so that one user loads up all my programming goodies (IIS, MS Sql Sever, MySQL, the Debbugging service, etc) and the other to be as bare bones as I can get it, mostly for playing games. The smartest move would be to get a 2nd computer, the second would probably be to dual boot, but I'm just not that smart. :cool: Has anyone else been successful with the programming/games box split personality?
As Anders says, services start up before login. However, I'm sure if setting up different hardware profiles would achieve the desired effect - might be worth looking into. -- Andrew.
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Is there any way to configure windows services so that they start up for one user but not another? I am wondering if there is a way to set up my machine (without dual booting) so that one user loads up all my programming goodies (IIS, MS Sql Sever, MySQL, the Debbugging service, etc) and the other to be as bare bones as I can get it, mostly for playing games. The smartest move would be to get a 2nd computer, the second would probably be to dual boot, but I'm just not that smart. :cool: Has anyone else been successful with the programming/games box split personality?
You could write a program to shutdown non-system services during login and restart the ones that were shutdown during logout. Jeremy Falcon
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Is there any way to configure windows services so that they start up for one user but not another? I am wondering if there is a way to set up my machine (without dual booting) so that one user loads up all my programming goodies (IIS, MS Sql Sever, MySQL, the Debbugging service, etc) and the other to be as bare bones as I can get it, mostly for playing games. The smartest move would be to get a 2nd computer, the second would probably be to dual boot, but I'm just not that smart. :cool: Has anyone else been successful with the programming/games box split personality?
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Is there any way to configure windows services so that they start up for one user but not another? I am wondering if there is a way to set up my machine (without dual booting) so that one user loads up all my programming goodies (IIS, MS Sql Sever, MySQL, the Debbugging service, etc) and the other to be as bare bones as I can get it, mostly for playing games. The smartest move would be to get a 2nd computer, the second would probably be to dual boot, but I'm just not that smart. :cool: Has anyone else been successful with the programming/games box split personality?
While it is true that Services start before a user logs in, they can still be started after a user has logged in. You could disable startup of the unnecessary services and put a batch file in your development user's startup folder that starts them. On my machine, IIS and MySQL are set to Manual startup, and whenever I want to work on my websites, I run a batch file that's conveniently located on my desktop that starts them:
@echo off net start mysql net start w3svcNote, however, that when you log off/switch user, the services keep running.
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While it is true that Services start before a user logs in, they can still be started after a user has logged in. You could disable startup of the unnecessary services and put a batch file in your development user's startup folder that starts them. On my machine, IIS and MySQL are set to Manual startup, and whenever I want to work on my websites, I run a batch file that's conveniently located on my desktop that starts them:
@echo off net start mysql net start w3svcNote, however, that when you log off/switch user, the services keep running.
Chaque homme de culture a deux patries: la sienne - et la France. (Thomas Jefferson)The simplest solution is often the best solution.
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While it is true that Services start before a user logs in, they can still be started after a user has logged in. You could disable startup of the unnecessary services and put a batch file in your development user's startup folder that starts them. On my machine, IIS and MySQL are set to Manual startup, and whenever I want to work on my websites, I run a batch file that's conveniently located on my desktop that starts them:
@echo off net start mysql net start w3svcNote, however, that when you log off/switch user, the services keep running.
Chaque homme de culture a deux patries: la sienne - et la France. (Thomas Jefferson)Could you not have another batch file that you manually run before logoff or even find a way to get it to run at logoff that stops the services
@echo off
net stop mysql
net stop w3svccomes to mind. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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As Anders says, services start up before login. However, I'm sure if setting up different hardware profiles would achieve the desired effect - might be worth looking into. -- Andrew.
Yes, it is possible with different hardware profiles. (It has been done at my previos workplace, one HW profile for development, and one HW profile for testing). At home I had dual-boot pc, with Win98 for my kids games and Win2K for working and all worked nice. (Dual boot is another solution)
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