Useful Thing- FlexRestart FlexRestart is a useful program that gives you more control over Windows' restart methods. It intercepts restart commands after installing a program so that an entire reboot is no longer necessary. Unless a change to the Autoexec.bat or Config.sys files are detected then FlexRestart changes the restart command to restart Windows only, saving you some time on the restart. FlexRestart also sits in your system tray giving you quick access to all the restart commands. It also gives you quick access to start your screensaver or to put your computer in "suspend" mode. Here is the description of the program from it's website- "FlexRestart is a small program for Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 that speeds up the process of system restart and makes it more convenient for the user. It has 3 main features. It intercepts reboot requests from any program or operating system itself and changes them to restart Windows only, which is quicker. Most of the programs that change system configuration, add or replace shared DLLs or drivers, such as almost any setup software, on their last step issue system restart. However, in most of the cases it is sufficient to simply restart Windows, without going through BIOS initialization, memory testing, loading MS-DOS, processing MS-DOS configuration files and loading MS-DOS drivers and resident programs. FlexRestart does the job by intercepting unnecessary reboot requests and issuing quick restart. Rarely setup programs change Autoexec.bat or Config.sys files. In such case, it is necessary to perform full reboot. FlexRestart monitors changes to these files, and if such change took place, it allows for full reboot and doesn't intercept the reboot requests. It replaces the standard "Shut Down..." dialog with the new, more flexible one. It has the following additional features: "Quick Windows Restart" command. -Option to force applications to terminate (don't wait until all of them close all the files and terminate normally). Use this option carefully and only when you experience problems with standard shutdown, because any unsaved data may be lost. -Option to start screen saver manually. FlexRestart displays a tray icon (in the right bottom corner of the screen). When you right-click on it, pop-up menu appears, providing you the possibility to quickly issue shutdown, restart, launch screen saver etc. If you press the "Shift" key when clicking on a menu item, you achieve the same result as by setting the option "Force applications to terminate" from the dialog box. Left-clicking on the icon shows "Shut Down" dialog. The icon may be disabled, if you don't need it." The file is 352K and can be found here- http://www.angelfire.com/ab/vadimb/index.html Program requirements: "FlexRestart requires Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98. It does not run on Windows Me or Windows 2000. Disk space usage is less than 300 K." Ben Cooper < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > U-T archives - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ U-T website - http://www.ashlists.org/useful-things/
