Any idea if you can do something similar with windows98? I have a laptop that runs fine, but if you leave the PCMCIA network card in, then turn the unit on, partway through bootup you loose sound, and all you get is static. If you wait until after the boot is complete to insert the card, everything works fine. This seems to happen with 3 different network cards. I haven't had the chance to try different PCMCIA slots though. Any ideas anyone? Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Bob Ammerman wrote: > > > >If it is being started as a service, I think there is a way to determine > the > > >order of starting, but have never gone digging into this. It may be > > >necessary to have a time delay or retry built into the app as others > > >suggest, as it sounds like you have a race condition occurring between > the > > >app and the drivers it relies on. > > The service manager allows you to mark a service as dependent on another > service IIRC. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads