how can i get RC5 to automatically boot when the computer starts?

[toph99]

i want RC5 to automatically start every time i start the computer, no matter what profile(there are 3 profiles on this box) is used. how can i get it to do that?

 

[ViRGE]

Run the client once with the -install switch. This will install it as a service, which will startup every time Windows is run.

 

[toph99]

how do i do that? (i just started cracking for TACube today, and i'm still familiarizing myself with the program)

 

[ViRGE]

Open the "run" box, find the location of the client, select the client, and add -install to the end of the run line.

 

[Russ]

toph99,

One thing that you should know is that when it is run as a service, it won't be visible; IE: no cow icon on your task bar. The alternative would be to create a shortcut in the startup folder in each profile.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Linh]

I like seeing the cow, so mines in the startup folder

 

[jinsonxu]

Thats's one of the things that i dread when assimilating online. After getting them to download and install the client, my last tentative question would be to ask them whether the dnet shortcut's listed in the startup group. Most of the time, it isn't and i have to get them to create a shortcut there.

 

[LeBlatt]

There is a startup folder common to all users.
in w98 it should be c:\WINDOWS\All users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

Location differs in NT4 and 2000, maybe w95. winME should be same as 2000 I guess.

 

[jinsonxu]

It works! At least on WinME and Win98. Anyone can confirm on Windows 2000?

Changed the setup.bat file in Russ's client to

copy dnet.lnk C:\windows\alluse~1\startm~1\programs\startUp

 

[LeBlatt]

No, as win2000 has a more advanced management of users. The common startup folder is in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

I guess you need administrative right for that machine to write in there.

A warning though, with these folders, they are named differently in localized versions of windows.
On my french win2000 for example it is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Démarrer\Programmes\Démarrage and the english version would have no impact. There is a function in the API to get the right folder name for any given system, but one can hardly use it in a batch file.

On a NT4 (english) system the folder would be

C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Damn M$ always changing their minds...

 

[jinsonxu]

This makes remote recruiting (online) harder. Nothing beats the personal touch.

 

[dennilfloss]

The personal touch is hard to achieve when one is homebound.