PC Cold vs. Warm Boot Detection

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From: Robert Duff
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1991 18:31

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Is there any way to distinguish in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file between a cold boot (from power up
or reset button) and a warm boot (CRTL-ALT-DEL)?  If so, how?

I would like to be able to perform several operations only at cold boot, such as scanning
for viruses, and others.

Thanks

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From: rduff@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Robert Duff)
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Subject: PC Cold vs. Warm Boot Detection
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.183109.19231@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
Date: 18 Apr 91 18:31:09 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington
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