Can I run a file while the computer starts up?

[honchung]

Hi,

I have an executable (.exe) file that I want the computer to run at the very beginning of starting up, just like BIOS even before Windows starts up. I need to do it on both Windows 2000 Pro and XP Pro systems. Any way to do it?

Hon Chung

 

[vacunita]

Not Before Windows loads, what would the Exe run on if not an operating system? BIOS is not an executable, but a built in chip that requires no OS.
However your exe will need some Os to run on.

what exactly is this executable supposed to do, that it needs to run before anything loads?

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[honchung]

The computer was put inside an industrial machine. I am trying to use the computer I/O to turn on some electronic devices as soon as possible, as long as the whole machine powers up. Is there other ways to do the same purpose, such as batch file instead of exe file, or any other file type?

 

[vacunita]

Any file will require some kind of OS to run on. I'm not sure its possible to run anything before the OS loads you could have it run at the time it Logs into Windows.

Maybe someone else here knows of a way of running a file before windows loads.



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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[matty1404]

The only thing I can think of is putting it on a boot disk. You could somehow run it from a command line before windows loads. Or is there any way to add it to the settings in your bios. Maybe there is a way to add a device to that.