How do I set execution and raise priority early in boot up..

Shortly after boot up of Windows XP, I find that if I manually use the Task
Manager to raise the priority of my firewall, and the firewall will
immediately become fully executional within the next second.

However, if I don't raise the priority, sometimes it takes a minute or two
before being fully executional.

This suggests that it would be good to execute and immediately raise the
priority of my firewall early in the boot up process.

Can anyone tell me how I can cleanly do this?

John Sellers <JohnSellers RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Shortly after boot up of Windows XP, I find that if I manually use the
> Task Manager to raise the priority of my firewall, and the firewall
> will immediately become fully executional within the next second.
>
> However, if I don't raise the priority, sometimes it takes a minute or
> two before being fully executional.
>
> This suggests that it would be good to execute and immediately raise
> the priority of my firewall early in the boot up process.
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can cleanly do this?

Wrong approach. Try this optional update instead if applicable:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917730/en-us

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