Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

[Guest eljainc]

Hello,

 

Does anybody know if there are any 3rd party utilities/applications

which will restore the windows/applications that were running prior to

system shutdown or reboot? I could find a utility like this very

useful (think Firefox browser window restore).

 

Thanks

Mike McWhinney

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

System Restore. Choosing Last Known Good Configuration on the boot options

menu. I don't use Firefox so I don't relate to that part of your post.

 

"eljainc" <eljainc@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

news:666a8667-be12-4811-b8fc-8b70ae694557@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> Hello,

>

> Does anybody know if there are any 3rd party utilities/applications

> which will restore the windows/applications that were running prior to

> system shutdown or reboot? I could find a utility like this very

> useful (think Firefox browser window restore).

>

> Thanks

> Mike McWhinney

>

[Guest db ´¯`·.. >]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

windows hibernation

power feature:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/fastresume.mspx

 

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db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

"eljainc" <eljainc@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

news:666a8667-be12-4811-b8fc-8b70ae694557@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> Hello,

>

> Does anybody know if there are any 3rd party utilities/applications

> which will restore the windows/applications that were running prior to

> system shutdown or reboot? I could find a utility like this very

> useful (think Firefox browser window restore).

>

> Thanks

> Mike McWhinney

>

[Guest windmap]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

I Cant find any utility in the Web. you may try Hibernation as suggested by

DB.

"eljainc" <eljainc@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

news:666a8667-be12-4811-b8fc-8b70ae694557@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> Hello,

>

> Does anybody know if there are any 3rd party utilities/applications

> which will restore the windows/applications that were running prior to

> system shutdown or reboot? I could find a utility like this very

> useful (think Firefox browser window restore).

>

> Thanks

> Mike McWhinney

>

[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

eljainc <eljainc@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>> I've read literally thousands of threads here since XP was first

>> released. Yours is the first to ask for this.

>

>So there is a utility out there (other than the windows hibernate) or

>there isn't? I would

>think that if such a utility existed, people would pay money for it.

 

You said that already.

 

And by inference, I called you a moron.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

Uncle Grumpy wrote:

> eljainc <eljainc@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>

>>> I've read literally thousands of threads here since XP was first

>>> released. Yours is the first to ask for this.

>>

>> So there is a utility out there (other than the windows hibernate) or

>> there isn't? I would

>> think that if such a utility existed, people would pay money for it.

>

> You said that already.

>

> And by inference, I called you a moron.

 

There ya go, true to form, with the ad hominems...

I rest my case.

[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

throwitout <throwitout@dodgeit.com> wrote:

>If it were Symantec, it would be simple, all it would have to do is

>every time you boot up Windows, load three windows:

>1) Live update

>2) "Running out of space on drive C:"

>3) "Out Of Memory"

>

>Since that's all PC's with Symantec software can do before grinding to

>a halt, they won't actually have to use code anything new!

 

<smirk>

[Guest eljainc]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

hurry.

Norton Ghost versions 10 and 12 have created several corrupt recovery

points

for me. I only hope I can somehow fix these recovery points.

 

 

>

> If it were Symantec, it would be simple, all it would have to do is

> every time you boot up Windows, load three windows:

> 1) Live update

> 2) "Running out of space on drive C:"

> 3) "Out Of Memory"

>

> Since that's all PC's with Symantec software can do before grinding to

> a halt, they won't actually have to use code anything new!

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

Not just recently, either. For *years*.

Although (I'll admit) Partition Magic works fine for me, but that's about

all I would let on my system these days (from Symantec/Norton).

 

eljainc wrote:

> LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

> hurry.

> Norton Ghost versions 10 and 12 have created several corrupt recovery

> points

> for me. I only hope I can somehow fix these recovery points.

>

>

>

>>

>> If it were Symantec, it would be simple, all it would have to do is

>> every time you boot up Windows, load three windows:

>> 1) Live update

>> 2) "Running out of space on drive C:"

>> 3) "Out Of Memory"

>>

>> Since that's all PC's with Symantec software can do before grinding to

>> a halt, they won't actually have to use code anything new!

[Guest Plato]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

eljainc wrote:

>

> LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

> hurry.

 

It's been that way for many, many years now...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest PD43]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Although (I'll admit) Partition Magic works fine for me, but that's about

>all I would let on my system these days (from Symantec/Norton).

 

I stopped upgrading when Symantec took it over.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

Plato wrote:

> eljainc wrote:

>>

>> LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

>> hurry.

>

> It's been that way for many, many years now...

 

And almost since the DOS days, for anyone in here old enough to remember.

 

Norton Utilities (for DOS) was pretty good. Then Norton starting going

downhill, and really fast after the Win95 era, give or take. By the time

of the Win98, or the Win98SE era, Norton's products were already getting a

bit "iffy". And as I recall, that's about when when Semantec came in, and

the rest .... is (a sad) history, as they say.....

 

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[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

PD43 wrote:

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>> Although (I'll admit) Partition Magic works fine for me, but that's about

>> all I would let on my system these days (from Symantec/Norton).

>

> I stopped upgrading when Symantec took it over.

 

Yup. And as I kinda hinted at in the other post. Downhill from then

on... (and actually a bit earlier, come to think of it)

[Guest throwitout]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

On Feb 26, 1:11 am, Plato <|@|.|> wrote:

> eljainc wrote:

>

> > LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

> > hurry.

>

> It's been that way for many, many years now...

>

 

Many many many years. I have strongly un-recommended Symantec products

for a good decade now. Given how absolutely terrible their security

products are performance wise (which I think is their core business),

I have no idea how they maintain their position as the most recognized

Antivirus brand.

 

One machine I repaired (it was an older machine) was brought to its

knees when NIS was installed. It took over half an hour to boot and

another half an hour to load any applications. Removing NIS the

machine became much more responsive. I've also repaired several

machines with NAV but expired definition subscription. Not only to

they get the normal Norton performance bog, the machines aren't even

being protected!

 

It's a long and slow process trying to convince home users that they

don't need to pay to get quality anti-virus protection, and quality

security products. And if they want to buy security products, Norton

is not the place to do it.

 

I am quite sure that Symantec is responsible for damaging Microsoft's

product's reputation. While I'm no Microsoft "fanboi", IMHO WinXP is a

pretty good consumer OS. However with Symantec products the

performance and stability of XP go down the crapper in a hurry.

Frequently in pro-Mac arguments I see "MacOS X is a bazillion times

faster and more stable than my old PC ever was and Windows could ever

be. Unlike Windows, my old Macs don't become slow and useless. Plus I

don't have to keep buying those damned Norton subscriptions every year

like I used to!"

 

Symantec also does a good job of ruining any product they buy.

Recently they bought Partition magic and it immediately went in the

crapper. They bought out Drive Image and immediately ruined it and

Ghost (their only program worth a damn).

[Guest PD43]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

throwitout <throwitout@dodgeit.com> wrote:

>Many many many years. I have strongly un-recommended Symantec products

>for a good decade now. Given how absolutely terrible their security

>products are performance wise (which I think is their core business),

>I have no idea how they maintain their position as the most recognized

>Antivirus brand.

 

Because their product comes pre-installed on off-the-shelf computers

and the dummies that buy those don't know any better?

[Guest Plato]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

Bill in Co. wrote:

>

> >> LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

> >> hurry.

> >

> > It's been that way for many, many years now...

>

> And almost since the DOS days, for anyone in here old enough to remember.

>

> Norton Utilities (for DOS) was pretty good. Then Norton starting going

 

Yes, I'm old enough to remember when NDD was the "talk" of the town...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.bootdisk.com/

[Guest Plato]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

throwitout wrote:

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> > > LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

> > > hurry.

> >

> > It's been that way for many, many years now...

>

> Many many many years. I have strongly un-recommended Symantec products

> for a good decade now. Given how absolutely terrible their security

 

Darn, its been a decade?

 

Where did the time go?

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

Plato wrote:

> Bill in Co. wrote:

>>

>>>> LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

>>>> hurry.

>>>

>>> It's been that way for many, many years now...

>>

>> And almost since the DOS days, for anyone in here old enough to remember.

>>

>> Norton Utilities (for DOS) was pretty good. Then Norton starting going

>

> Yes, I'm old enough to remember when NDD was the "talk" of the town...

 

Yup, that's right! And SD (Speed Disk), DS (Directory Sort), and Disk

Editor, and...... :-)

[Guest Bert Kinney]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

Have you looked into System Restore built into Windows XP?

 

Here is a description of System Restore:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html

 

 

Regards,

Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User

http://bertk.mvps.org

Member: http://dts-l.net

 

eljainc wrote:

> Hello,

>

> Does anybody know if there are any 3rd party utilities/applications

> which will restore the windows/applications that were running prior to

> system shutdown or reboot? I could find a utility like this very

> useful (think Firefox browser window restore).

>

> Thanks

> Mike McWhinney

>

[Guest throwitout]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

On Mar 1, 2:49 am, Bert Kinney <b...@NSmvps.org> wrote:

> Have you looked into System Restore built into Windows XP?

>

> Here is a description of System Restore:http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html

>

> Regards,

> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/Userhttp://bertk.mvps.org

> Member:http://dts-l.net

 

System restore is not what the user wants. They want the same programs

they had running when they shutdown the computer to reopen when they

start the computer.

[Guest Bert Kinney]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

I offered it as an alternative.

 

Regards,

Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User

http://bertk.mvps.org

Member: http://dts-l.net

 

 

throwitout wrote:

> On Mar 1, 2:49 am, Bert Kinney <b...@NSmvps.org> wrote:

>> Have you looked into System Restore built into Windows XP?

>>

>> Here is a description of System Restore:http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html

>>

>> Regards,

>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/Userhttp://bertk.mvps.org

>> Member:http://dts-l.net

>

> System restore is not what the user wants. They want the same programs

> they had running when they shutdown the computer to reopen when they

> start the computer.

[Guest throwitout]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

On Mar 1, 5:39 pm, Bert Kinney <b...@NSmvps.org> wrote:

> I offered it as an alternative.

 

 

An alternative to solving the problem?

[Guest Frank-FL]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

 

"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message news:47c5fde9$0$208$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...

> Bill in Co. wrote:

>>

>> >> LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

>> >> hurry.

>> >

>> > It's been that way for many, many years now...

>>

>> And almost since the DOS days, for anyone in here old enough to remember.

>>

>> Norton Utilities (for DOS) was pretty good. Then Norton starting going

>

> Yes, I'm old enough to remember when NDD was the "talk" of the town...

> --

> http://www.bootdisk.com/

 

I can remember using speed disk and it fouled up my 286, but I had my whole

system backed up on 17 floppy disks.

[Guest PD43]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

"Frank-FL" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote:

>I can remember using speed disk and it fouled up my 286, but I had my whole

>system backed up on 17 floppy disks.

 

The REAL floppy disks?

 

I loved my first machine: 8mhz Turbo XT, 768k of RAM (120k was

dedicated to a RAMdrive), no hard drive, two floppy drives, 2400bd

modem (had to add that myself). That, plus Telix kept me happy

through 3 online services: Prodigy, GEnie and Delphi.

 

"A" floppy was for the software disc, "B" was to capture text.

[Guest throwitout]

Re: Utility for restoring windows/applications at reboot

 

On Mar 2, 6:51 am, "Frank-FL" <bbu...@bqik.net> wrote:

> "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in messagenews:47c5fde9$0$208$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...

> > Bill in Co. wrote:

>

> >> >> LOL! I think that Symantec's software quality has gone downhill in a

> >> >> hurry.

>

> >> > It's been that way for many, many years now...

>

> >> And almost since the DOS days, for anyone in here old enough to remember.

>

> >> Norton Utilities (for DOS) was pretty good. Then Norton starting going

>

> > Yes, I'm old enough to remember when NDD was the "talk" of the town...

> > --

> >http://www.bootdisk.com/

>

> I can remember using speed disk and it fouled up my 286, but I had my whole

> system backed up on 17 floppy disks.

 

And none of the floppy disks were corrupt?