How to determine the order services load!

[NightWatcher]

Hi,
I want my proxy service to load first, before the FTPServer service loads.
How can that be achieved?
How to see the order that all services load and how to control that?

Thank you.

 

[welshguy]

HI.

This is the registry key you would need to change - you must open this in regedt32 not regedit -
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ServiceGroupOrder

You will see all the services in order and can move them around - I'd be careful though !

This KB article might be useful

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q193/8/88.ASP

Although it might be simpler to change FTP service to Manual start up and then either start it up manually or use a script to net start the service after.
-preferred least dangerous method - I like those