STARTUP PROBLEM 98SE

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Wenger - 12 Jul 2005 03:17 GMT

My computer boots to the screen that you would get if you hit the control key
on startup ie- normal, command prompt, safe mode etc. choices with the Normal
startup selected. If I let it stay there and wait for the 30 sec. countdown,
it will continue it's boot into windows. This drives me nuts! (I cannot
choose safe mode from this screen - it freezes upon trying to boot into safe
mode. I can boot into safe mode only by command prompt). Am I missing/have
a damaged file that auto-boots into windows? Why do I get the choices screen
instead of just loading windows? Can anyone help with this? Thanks! No
viruses, adware/spyware - checks clean.

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guesswhat - 12 Jul 2005 03:58 GMT

In the C:\ root directory, there is either a file called "msdos.sys" or
"winboot.ini".

Edit the file. You may have to change the attribute of the file...remove
read-only.

Open the file. Under the Options heading, add or change the following lines
BootMenu=0
BootMenuDelay=0

That should solve the problem.

> My computer boots to the screen that you would get if you hit the control key
> on startup ie- normal, command prompt, safe mode etc. choices with the Normal
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> instead of just loading windows? Can anyone help with this? Thanks! No
> viruses, adware/spyware - checks clean.

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dadiOH - 12 Jul 2005 12:59 GMT

> My computer boots to the screen that you would get if you hit the
> control key on startup ie- normal, command prompt, safe mode etc.
> choices with the Normal startup selected. If I let it stay there and
> wait for the 30 sec. countdown, it will continue it's boot into
> windows. This drives me nuts!

You could always press <Enter> instead of waiting for 30 seconds.
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>(I cannot choose safe mode from this
> screen - it freezes upon trying to boot into safe mode. I can boot
> into safe mode only by command prompt). Am I missing/have a damaged
> file that auto-boots into windows? Why do I get the choices screen
> instead of just loading windows? Can anyone help with this?

Personally, I think it is handy to have but to get rid of it...

Start > Run
MSCONFIG
General tab
Advanced
Untick "Enable Startup Menu"

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Ron Badour - 13 Jul 2005 06:39 GMT

Run msconfig.exe, advanced button and remove the mark from enable start up
menu

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> My computer boots to the screen that you would get if you hit the control
> key
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> instead of just loading windows? Can anyone help with this? Thanks! No
> viruses, adware/spyware - checks clean.

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