Configuring the system2.3 Customized settings during boot upPCU-Basesoftware (IM8)58 Commissioning Manual, 02/2014, 6FC5397-1DP40-4BA02.3.2 Saving service desktop settingsStarting the service desktopThe Windows platform is freely accessible via the service desktop. When the servicedesktop is started, all of the programs that would automatically be started by Windows(standard version) during log-in are also started.● Executing an HMI programThe HMI program can also be started from the service desktop.● Ending an HMI programWhen an HMI program started from the service desktop is exited, you are returned to theservice desktop.Saving the service desktop (default)The settings on the service desktop (e.g. arrangement of the links on the service desktop)are not saved when you log off. A service technician should always find the same startingcondition on the service desktop, not the settings from a previous session.Saving the settings of the service DesktopThis behavior can be changed by making an entry in the registry. The following settings canbe saved via this registry entry:● Positions of open windows● Size and position of the task bar● Moving and deleting linksKey: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens\SINUMERIK\Basic software\ \HMIManagerValue: SaveSINDesktopSettings (DWORD)Date: 1 (the settings are saved) or0 (the settings are NOT saved)Init data: - Value is not created by the basic software -Default data: 0 (if entry is not available/readable)The key is effective for all service users and other users.Links on the service desktop are always saved, irrespective of the registry entry.NoteApplication windows that are still open before logging out, must be closed by the setting"Save settings" before exiting the service desktop. Otherwise, these application windows willbriefly be displayed and then closed again during a restart immediately before the HMIprogram starts.