DONE: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart (Boot Snooze)

[snark_be]

One more thing, as I mentioned above, I use the autologon function, does BootSnooze check whether this setting was previously enabled before it removes it's autologon entry? I wouldn't like to re-enable autologon every time I BootSnooze.

-Lachlan (March 30, 2010, 06:20 AM)

My understanding is that, if you don't check "enable auto-login", BootSnooze does not interfere with the existing settings.

[skwire]

Wouldn't it be easier to simply set the option to ask for a password when the PC comes out of standby (or hibernation)?
It's an inbuilt Windows function in the screensaver tab:

-Lachlan (March 30, 2010, 06:20 AM)

BootSnooze can't do its work, which is waiting for your startup apps to start and THEN hibernating/standby-ing, until you're logged in.  Therefore, it needs auto-login enabled.  It's up to you whether you enable it temporarily via BootSnooze or simply turn it on for your computer permanently.

This way BootSnooze would stay completely out of the realm of passwords and therefore make a lot more people comfortable with using it.  (I don't like the thought of entering my logon details into a third-party program)

-Lachlan (March 30, 2010, 06:20 AM)

Understood.  This is why I was very hesitant to add it in there in the first place.

One more thing, as I mentioned above, I use the autologon function, does BootSnooze check whether this setting was previously enabled before it removes it's autologon entry? I wouldn't like to re-enable autologon every time I BootSnooze.

-Lachlan (March 30, 2010, 06:20 AM)

Yes, it does.  It will only disable auto-login if you enabled it within BootSnooze.  If you have auto-login enabled on your computer prior to starting BootSnooze, it won't even give you the option of using the auto-login feature.  Is that good enough (honest question...not trying to be a smartass)?  Thanks for the feedback.

[mouser]

Boot Snooze features in CybernetNews today:

http://cybernetnews....n-standby-hibernate/

I don’t reboot my computer that often because it can be a bit inconvenient, and sometimes I go weeks without having restarted it. My reasoning is typically that I have too many apps open and don’t feel like restarting them all, but other times it’s because I’m on the way out the door and just throw my machine in standby so that it is ready for me when I go to use it again. There is a slick little app called Boot Snooze that looks to make it a bit more reasonable to restart your machine from time-to-time.

[skwire]

Thanks, mouser.  Really cool.   

[major4579]

Great program - I use it all the time and wanted to say thanks!

Also I have a request, here's the commandline I use to run BootSnooze:

BootSnooze.exe mode=reboot method=hibernate bdelay=0 adelay=5

What I would like is to do my own reboot and have BootSnooze finish the process when the computer restarts. So what  would be entered in the RunOnce registry entry for the above commandline?

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks,
Marc

[MilesAhead]

Boot Snooze features in CybernetNews today:

Succinct article.  Always nice when they get it right in a write-up.

[skwire]

Great program - I use it all the time and wanted to say thanks!

-major4579 (February 06, 2011, 10:48 AM)

You're welcome.  =]  Welcome to DonationCoder.

Also I have a request, here's the commandline I use to run BootSnooze:
BootSnooze.exe mode=reboot method=hibernate bdelay=0 adelay=5
What I would like is to do my own reboot and have BootSnooze finish the process when the computer restarts. So what  would be entered in the RunOnce registry entry for the above commandline?

-major4579 (February 06, 2011, 10:48 AM)

Currently, you can't because Boot Snooze uses both the registry and an INI file.  However, due to your request, I'll change it so that Boot Snooze uses the registry only so that you can create a REG file of your own to import anytime.  Thanks for the feedback.

[major4579]

Thanks skwire,

If it was easier for you, another way is to add a commandline option like mode='noreboot' which would tell BootSnooze to set up the reg/ini for a reboot as per the rest of the commandline, but then just exit without actually rebooting.

I'm assuming that the reg/ini settings do not have to made immediately before rebooting, i.e., another program can run afterwards.

Either way would work for me - just not sure which would be simpler for you to program.

Thanks,
Marc

[delwoode]

I think the later version where you
Added configurable delay before hibernating/standby.
    + Added configurable delay before rebooting.
is more confusing to people not very good with computers. I think the simpler version was better. Maybe there could be an extra settings tab/button?

[Winkie]

Boot Snooze is reviewed on ghacks today :

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/05/26/boot-snooze-restart-then-hibernate-or-standby-your-pc/

Boot Snooze, a freeware app by Donation Coder member Skwire, has been designed to bring the best of both worlds together. It combines a restart of the computer with an automated switch to hibernation or standby.

[skwire]

Thanks for the heads up.  I think that Boot Snooze is about the most misunderstood app I've written.   

[cranioscopical]

I think that Boot Snooze is about the most misunderstood app I've written.

-skwire (May 26, 2011, 02:04 PM)

That's the thing that relaxes one's footware, right?

[Shades]

I think that Boot Snooze is about the most misunderstood app I've written.

-skwire (May 26, 2011, 02:04 PM)

That's the thing that relaxes one's footware, right?

-cranioscopical (May 26, 2011, 06:17 PM)

 
And I was thinking that its meaning is: kicking with a "sleepy" foot...

[cranioscopical]

-Shades (May 26, 2011, 11:47 PM)

 
And I was thinking that its meaning is: kicking with a "sleepy" foot...
[/quote]

Napping in the trunk of one's car?

One can see why it's a bit confusing 

[mouser]

boot snooze featured today on ILoveFreeSoftware:
http://www.ilovefree...nate-time-delay.html

[TaoPhoenix]

boot snooze featured today on ILoveFreeSoftware:
http://www.ilovefree...nate-time-delay.html

-mouser (July 11, 2015, 01:34 PM)

Four years later?!

[MilesAhead]

boot snooze featured today on ILoveFreeSoftware:
http://www.ilovefree...nate-time-delay.html

-mouser (July 11, 2015, 01:34 PM)

Four years later?!

-TaoPhoenix (July 11, 2015, 04:08 PM)

Evidently the blog was in snooze mode for that interval. 

[mouser]

If software blogs only wrote about software when it was new we would all be using buggy new crap instead of the stuff that has proven its worth over time.  

[MilesAhead]

If software blogs only wrote about software when it was new we would all be using buggy new crap instead of the stuff that has proven its worth over time.  

-mouser (July 11, 2015, 05:06 PM)

A good reason to keep links to sites like Last Free Version and Old Versions etc..