Reader Hal Allert has several essential programs that all need to start very early in the boot process. As a result, they end up stepping on each other's toes.
"When my laptop boots up, I usually get the Red Shield from Windows Alert telling me that my Kaspersky Anti-Virus is turned off and I am not protected. After closing that warning, Kaspersky AV then starts up. It tries to get updates from the Web but my Internet connection hasn't completed yet. Everything else is loading up when it wants to, so other warnings are popping up. When my computer is finally connected to the Internet, things calm down. It would seem to easier all around if the boot order was reversed. Is there a way for me to re-arrange the order in which the programs are starting up?"Yes. In fact, there are two ways. One is easy but crude. The other, hard but precise. Both ways work, so it's your choice!
That's the subject of the lead item in my column this week at Windows Secrets. In it, I'll walk you through bother options and provide links to free tools that can let you fine-tune the exact order in which your software starts.
I also discuss three other topics:
* Lost: "Send To" setting (and how to get it back)
* Disk bloat and the "overloaded camel" syndrome (Just one more program...)
* Reader tip on great uninstall tool
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