xnbya: Thanks for the reply.

Yes... while experimenting I have one other machine set-up this way and it does work only after the user has logged in then the program fires . I think I can have the user login automatically after reboot, only I believe one must set this up with no password don't like this idea as others use these computers?

The task manager route fires the program when the machine reboots after a power failure no user login required.