Using minLogon to speed up booting and decrease footprint

**0l33l** · 12-06-2004, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by SWC

So is there a way to force quit apps with minlogin?

Have a program that uses systemhook to alt+ctrl+del that brings up a task manager. Search for alternative task managers.. they should work.

**AlienEclipse** · 12-06-2004, 05:09 AM

Well i got my system back to using explorer for the shell.

I still had network access to the drive, so i copied explorer.exe to the centrafuse folder and renamed the files then rebooted. It worked like a charm.

also did a little research and i can't find anyway of enabling CTRL+ALT+DEL with minlogon.

**SFiorito** · 12-06-2004, 08:51 AM

What errors were you getting when you changed the shell??

*EDIT*: Also, what registry key did you change for the shell. I seem to remember that minlogon handled things differently maybe... Not sure about that one, I'll have to reread the MSDN docs.

**mpattonm** · 12-06-2004, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by SFiorito

What errors were you getting when you changed the shell??

I am interested as well. Maybe they can be corrected easily.

**AlienEclipse** · 12-06-2004, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by SFiorito

What errors were you getting when you changed the shell??

*EDIT*: Also, what registry key did you change for the shell. I seem to remember that minlogon handled things differently maybe... Not sure about that one, I'll have to reread the MSDN docs.

I just changed the 'Shell' entry under [HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\WINLOGON]
from 'Explorer.exe' to 'C:\Program Files\...\centrafuse.exe'

Yeah, i didn't write down the errors, which was stupid. I will change the shell again and take down the errors and pass them to the creator of centrafuse.

**FetLyd** · 12-07-2004, 03:52 AM

One thing that's a bit unclear for me.. Is this method using XP emb. or an ordinary XP? (Nlited).. If it's NOT XP emb., where can we download minLogon?

EDIT: Nevermind.. I found it.. Thanks SWC!