Explorer->Folder Options->View
Uncheck "Restore Previous Folder Windows At Startup"?
Power the monitor on before booting? Odds are the video card senses no active monitor
thus never enables any of the connectors. ATI's "force detection" might fix that,
also setting up a profile in Catylist w/ a hotkey combination to activate it
("ctrl+alt+shift+1" for example) might. Nvidia likely similar.
Never use this myself, always have Win2k style login dialog after C-A-D setup. There
are admin options to allow automatic admin login on reboot for X amount of boots,
dunno if that's the same trick.
Steve Tomporowski wrote:
I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but
annoying.
First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a
folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created
folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing
has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that
exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know
where to look for this one now.
Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on
the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it
will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change
that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit
the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power
Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply.
Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot
up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net
choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been
unchecked. How do I get it to stray?
This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or
anything else.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks....Steve
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