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Author Topic: Disabling windows desktop on startup?  (Read 1497 times)

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Disabling windows desktop on startup?
« on: December 25, 2008, 12:40:12 pm »
Hey guys,w hat's the best way to disable the windows desktop on start up? I don't want friends and family seeing windows load before my frontend kicks in.
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Re: Disabling windows desktop on startup?
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2008, 01:42:54 pm »
« Last Edit: December 25, 2008, 01:44:42 pm by mrclean »
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Re: Disabling windows desktop on startup?
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2008, 01:43:22 pm »
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Look in the wiki - 'hiding windows'
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Re: Disabling windows desktop on startup?
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2008, 01:54:54 pm »
What you are asking to do is 'Shell' the OS into another program loading after Windows comes into play.  The Wiki tells you all about it.
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