Hi Ron,

The simplest way is to drag or copy the shortcut icon for Firefox into the 
Startup folder.
(Start button > Start Menu > All Programs > Startup

Be aware that your logon to desktop will be slower, because apart from 
loading all processes and the desktop,
Windows now has to load Firefox as well.
If it loads before essential processes are finished, the logon may be 
incomplete and cause errors.
In that case you may want to delay the start of Firefox for a few seconds.

You could use one of the programs below
Startup Delayer
http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay

CodeStuff Starter
http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html

A more complete program that among many other things can delay startup of 
certain processes or programs, is
AnVir Task Manager Free
http://www.anvir.com/taskmanagerfree/

If you want to know which processes load and when and how much time they 
take, check
Soluto
http://www.soluto.com/
http://www.soluto.com/About/
http://www.soluto.com/Download/
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Coming back to the startup Home page, you can even set it as your Desktop 
"wallpaper"..
You have to activate Active Desktop to do this:

Right-click the Desktop > Properties > Customize > Web tab.> Tick  "My 
current Home page"
You can add any web page or html file.
More settings under the Properties tab and even more if you tick "Make the 
content available Offline"

More info about Active Desktop:
Active Desktop: A View of the Internet
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=29744&seqNum=7

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ie4_whatis_active_desktop.mspx?mfr=true
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ie4_turnon_active_desktop.mspx?mfr=true
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ie4_add_component.mspx?mfr=true

This is a feature that is no longer available for later versions of Windows 
because of security concerns.

I know ,this is far more than you asked for ,but may be useful to other 
readers.
Besides, the simple answer gives you no insight on what's going on or 
available.

Peter E.





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From: "Ron Kaplan"
Sent: Tuesday, 23 November, 2010 3:26 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCSOFT] Bootdirectly to browser home page

I am running XP Pro, and would like to know if there is a way I can program 
my start-up boot to go directly to my Mozilla Firefox home page.

Thanks very much.........Ron Kaplan

 

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