When you press a Windows HotStart button to start a program on a Windows Vista-based computer, the program may not be started as a topmost window. If other windows are open, these windows may remain in the foreground, and the program that is associated with the Windows HotStart button appears in the background.

Note: This behavior does not occur if you start the program by using the Start menu or the Start Search box.

Consider the following scenario:

1. You configure the Windows HotStart feature in Windows Vista to start a program directly from the system startup process.
2. The computer is asleep.
3. You press the access button for the program on the front panel of the computer or on the infrared remote control.
4. The computer wakes up.

In this scenario, the program does not start as quickly as expected. The program may take as long as a minute to start after the computer wakes up.