Joli Ballew
March 28th 03, 05:06 PM
Nothing is piddly if it is bothersome :-)
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Joli Ballew
Author of Windows XP Professional - The Ultimate Users Guide
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932111131/qid=1032102475/sr=1
-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8870441-8688732?v=glance&s=books
Purchase my XP E-books at www.expert-guides.com
"Jeff" > wrote in message
...
> NEVERMIND!! I unchecked the "Time to display list..."
> and "Time to display recovery..." and IT'S GONE!!! Thanks
> so much. I appreciate it. I know it was kinda piddily,
> but I just wanted it gone.
>
> Jeff
> >-----Original Message-----
> >No, not normal. You can get rid of it from Control
> Panel, System, and the
> >Advanced tab. Choose Startup and Recovery. You'll see
> two choices for the
> >default OS and options to choose to boot to one or the
> other. Change these
> >settings so that you only have the one choice, or set XP
> to be the default
> >and set the time to 0 seconds to choose.
> >
> >--
> >Joli Ballew
> >Author of Windows XP Professional - The Ultimate Users
> Guide
> >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-
> /1932111131/qid=1032102475/sr=1
> >-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8870441-8688732?v=glance&s=books
> >
> >Purchase my XP E-books at www.expert-guides.com
> >
> >
> >
> >"Jeff" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> When I start up, I get a "dos looking" screen that asks
> >> me whether I want to boot from windows xp, or windows.
> >> Then gives me 20 seconds to decide. Is this normal and
> or
> >> necessary? Can I get rid of it?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jeff
> >
> >
> >.
> >
--
Joli Ballew
Author of Windows XP Professional - The Ultimate Users Guide
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932111131/qid=1032102475/sr=1
-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8870441-8688732?v=glance&s=books
Purchase my XP E-books at www.expert-guides.com
"Jeff" > wrote in message
...
> NEVERMIND!! I unchecked the "Time to display list..."
> and "Time to display recovery..." and IT'S GONE!!! Thanks
> so much. I appreciate it. I know it was kinda piddily,
> but I just wanted it gone.
>
> Jeff
> >-----Original Message-----
> >No, not normal. You can get rid of it from Control
> Panel, System, and the
> >Advanced tab. Choose Startup and Recovery. You'll see
> two choices for the
> >default OS and options to choose to boot to one or the
> other. Change these
> >settings so that you only have the one choice, or set XP
> to be the default
> >and set the time to 0 seconds to choose.
> >
> >--
> >Joli Ballew
> >Author of Windows XP Professional - The Ultimate Users
> Guide
> >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-
> /1932111131/qid=1032102475/sr=1
> >-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8870441-8688732?v=glance&s=books
> >
> >Purchase my XP E-books at www.expert-guides.com
> >
> >
> >
> >"Jeff" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> When I start up, I get a "dos looking" screen that asks
> >> me whether I want to boot from windows xp, or windows.
> >> Then gives me 20 seconds to decide. Is this normal and
> or
> >> necessary? Can I get rid of it?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jeff
> >
> >
> >.
> >