FANTASTIC Wall Art! - Slide show on power off auto boot
Posted: 07 Apr 2020, 19:50
GOAL: You set up a screen to be your digital photo frame using Endless SS. it's working great! then, the power goes off or glitches.
When the power comes back on, you would like the slideshow to come back on again WITHOUT having to log in. (or manually reboot)
I have spent hours on this and finally have it "almost" working. I tried to use the forum for help but the words "boot" "slideshow" etc are too common so the search doesn't bring back any results.
Here is what I did:
1 I went into Bios and turned on the auto boot after power interruption feature
2- I modified registry so that the screensaver will start after the computer gets to the boot up lock screen (win 10 pro)
3 - then I hit restart on my machine and wait ...
3- after 60 seconds, the Endless Slide show starts up and works great
EXCEPT
When I simulate a power interruption by unplugging my machine, it boots up normally , gets to the lock screen, waits 60 seconds and then errors out!
My theory is that when I hit restart on the machine, that it is starting from a certain user account and remembers that when re-booting.
During a power off re-boot, I think it may be running a different default account when booting up and can't get all the information it needs.
(it is still attempting to start endless SS it just can't find the info it needs)
Has anybody else worked this out? Any ideas or insights? if I get it working I'll put the complete solution on the forum for others.
Kevin
PS. I am building a 27" digital photo frame to hang on the wall. It consists of a wooden picture frame, monitor and a stick computer.for less that $300 you can have an awesome piece of art on your wall! ( i just don't want to have to take it down from the wall to reboot it after every power glitch)
When the power comes back on, you would like the slideshow to come back on again WITHOUT having to log in. (or manually reboot)
I have spent hours on this and finally have it "almost" working. I tried to use the forum for help but the words "boot" "slideshow" etc are too common so the search doesn't bring back any results.
Here is what I did:
1 I went into Bios and turned on the auto boot after power interruption feature
2- I modified registry so that the screensaver will start after the computer gets to the boot up lock screen (win 10 pro)
3 - then I hit restart on my machine and wait ...
3- after 60 seconds, the Endless Slide show starts up and works great
EXCEPT
When I simulate a power interruption by unplugging my machine, it boots up normally , gets to the lock screen, waits 60 seconds and then errors out!
My theory is that when I hit restart on the machine, that it is starting from a certain user account and remembers that when re-booting.
During a power off re-boot, I think it may be running a different default account when booting up and can't get all the information it needs.
(it is still attempting to start endless SS it just can't find the info it needs)
Has anybody else worked this out? Any ideas or insights? if I get it working I'll put the complete solution on the forum for others.
Kevin
PS. I am building a 27" digital photo frame to hang on the wall. It consists of a wooden picture frame, monitor and a stick computer.for less that $300 you can have an awesome piece of art on your wall! ( i just don't want to have to take it down from the wall to reboot it after every power glitch)