Hi Tony, hi everyone,

I hope Tony will permit me to add this post regarding the order of items as they are taken in charge by the system:


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STARTUP ORDER FOR WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP

1. BootExecute
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecute
2. Services
3. User enters a password and logon to the system
4. UserInit
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit
5. Shell
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell
6. All Users-RunOnce
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
7. All Users-Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
8. All Users-RunOnceEx
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
9. All Users-RunEx
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunEx
10. Current User-RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
11. Current User-Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
12. Current User-RunOnceEx
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
13. Current User-RunEx
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunEx
14. Common Startup Folder
15. Startup Folder
(source RegRun Security Suite: http://www.greatis.com/security/startuporder.htm#NT )


Same list by lotuseclat79 at TechGuy: http://forums.techguy.org/tech-tips-tricks...indows-nt4.html

There's also a similar list for Win9x/ME (RegRun Security Suite): http://www.greatis.com/security/startuporder.htm#9X