http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspxHi folks, my name is David and I’m an Escalation Engineer for Microsoft. Since Bryan wrote about How Windows Shuts Down , I thought it would be a good idea to cover How Windows Starts Up. This information applies specifically to Windows 2000, Windowsen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#10045809Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:44:18 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10045809securitybay.co.uk<p>Informative and insightful. Thank you.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10045809" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#9827673Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:34:55 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9827673Shane<p>Very useful...I hope part 3 &amp; 4 aren't too far away?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9827673" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#9808686Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:46:33 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9808686Neill<P>How Windows Starts Up (part 1 of 4) </P> <P>where are parts 2,3 &amp; 4 &nbsp;URLs please</P> <P style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:10pt;">&lt;DIV class=commentowner&gt;[Hello Neill. David wrote a part two which is located here - <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/28/how-windows-starts-up-part-the-second.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/28/how-windows-starts-up-part-the-second.aspx</A></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:10pt;"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:10pt;">Last week I added a BING search control on the top right corner to make the Blog site more search friendly. Hope it helps:)</SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:10pt;"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:10pt;">I'll ask him to get started on parts 3 and 4. </SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:10pt;"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:10pt;">Thanks for reading the blog.</SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:10pt;">-ronsto]&lt;/DIV&gt;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9808686" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#8939611Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:04:16 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8939611Dush<p>I was hoping to find something about booting from dynamic disks.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8939611" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#3899381Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:17:19 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3899381George<p>Interesting, that young people usually find old stuff magic, even myself :) TEH booting was something boring a decade or two ago...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3899381" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#3548711Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:20:48 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3548711Mike<p>woof... my XP PC won't boot windows (but will boot linux (dual boot)) after a power failure yesterday</p> <p>how about getting part 2 (Boot Loader) up post haste?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3548711" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#3546538Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:26:16 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3546538Abu<p>Really enjoy reading the articles in 'ntdebugging'. Eagerly awaiting more write ups.</p> <p>Abu</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3546538" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#3503274Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:04:20 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:350327410veer<p>Hay thats really great work......</p> <p>find it very useful</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3503274" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#3483446Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:10:28 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3483446Attila<p>Great stuff and great blog guys, keep up the good work.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3483446" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/19/how-windows-starts-up-part-1-of-4.aspx#3431443Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:27:34 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3431443person<p>Note to self, never make an operating system.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3431443" width="1" height="1">