"leaving vista" process

hi there
is there any chance to make changes in the restart & shutdown proces
of vista itself? i need to first disconnect an usb-device befor
restarting or shutting down - otherwise i´ll end up in a bluescreen. a
the moment i´m using a batchfile for shutting down (devcon-command t
disconnect, then shutdown.exe) and try not to restart, but well - that´
not the best solution at all that´s why i want vista to include thi
devcon-command before shutting down or restarting.

any help or idea would be appreciated - thanks in advance
marvin

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> hi there,
> is there any chance to make changes in the restart & shutdown process
> of vista itself? i need to first disconnect an usb-device before
> restarting or shutting down - otherwise ill end up in a bluescreen. at
> the moment im using a batchfile for shutting down (devcon-command to
> disconnect, then shutdown.exe) and try not to restart, but well - thats
> not the best solution at all thats why i want vista to include this
> devcon-command before shutting down or restarting.
>
> any help or idea would be appreciated - thanks in advance,
> marvin.


You can use a Logoff or Shutdown script to do it automatically, but UAC in
Vista complicates things, but there are workarounds. First of all, what
version of Vista do you have? I do not think that home versions have the
Group Policy editor, gpedit.msc, but even then, there is possibly a way to
add the script in the registry.

ss.

hi there, thanks for your reply
i´ve solved the problem a couple of hours ago, just wanted to mark thi
here as solved as i read your message
indeed i used the gpedit.msc to insert my script into th
shutdown-process. i´m using vista business, so no probs at all - an
well, it works out fine now.

now my usb-device is disabled just in time and becomes enabled jus
before vista starts up again.

so, anyway - again thanks for your reply and those who come up wit
bluescreens at shutdown: check out your usb-devices in best case yo
may solve this the way i did and now, finally, enjoy vista :

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