How do I run a program during the Windows XP Welcome Screen?

[SupaStar]

Originally posted by bratch
neitehr seem to work
although could it be because i can't find /RunServices, only /Run

but other wise it doesnt work, it just runs them after i log on...

I've had a chance to test everything and here's what I found:

1. The registry key option does not work. It loads programs at logon.

2. The Task Scheduler option might work as it seems to run the application however looking in the Task Manager I found that the process was created by the user who logged in (not what we want).

3. FireDaemon seems to be the solution as I managed to get an app to run in the background and Task Manager confirmed that it was created by SYSTEM, thus I can only assume that it was loaded at startup and not logon.

See how you go.