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Old May 24th 21, 07:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Brandon[_3_]
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Default Windows XP Boot Problem - Boot Goes Right To Win Splash Screen

On Mon, 24 May 2021 13:43:24 -0400, Paul wrote:

R.Wieser wrote:
Brandon

Windows XP boots right to the Windows splash screen without
giving me the chance to access anything with the F8 key or any
other key.


Normally the apperance of that splash screen is the moment you should press
F8. You can also try to keep tapping F8 while the booting is going on (even
before the splash screen).

Anybody got an idea of how to fix this puzzlemenet?


Another possibility seems to be is to force SafeBoot by changing Boot.ini.
See the below link for how to do it.

https://www.askvg.com/how-to-boot-wi...s-boot-loader/

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


Maybe a timeout of 0 seconds, in boot.ini, would do that ?

There is also the notion of chain-loading, but I don't know
if chain-loading includes bypassing the boot menu. That would
happen if you'd dabbled in some other OS perhaps, like a Linux.

cd /d C:\ # Navigate to the top of C:\ , the backslash is important
dir /ah boot.ini # lists "Hidden" items, such as the hidden boot.ini
notepad boot.ini # Edit boot.ini (you can still edit a hidden item)
# May need Administrator, if the filesystem is NTFS.

This is why they have "msconfig", to help deal with the
issues surrounding the file. I just use Notepad, being
careful not to make typing errors :-) Guess how you'll know
if you have entered incorrect Syntax ? It won't boot.

The whole thing is hoaky, and as long as you have emergency boot
materials of some kind, you can probably think of a way to fix it again.
This is not stuff you play with, if your computer room isn't full of
toys, like a second desktop to edit the disk with.

Usually when I make luncheon meat out of an OS by accident,
there's another OS waiting to take it's place. I must have
three or four Linux on the other disk right now, that are
"burned to the ground" through carelessness :-) They don't run
any more. Kinda a shame, because of the special config inside
(4Kx4K virtual desktops). Accidents happen.

Paul


I have made "luncheon meat" out of my box a couple of times. I don't
intend to do it again.

This present matter is baffling. As I said in my reply to Weiser, if
things get any more kinky than they already are, I'm taking the box in
to the shop that made it. I have a few other machines just in case of
such self inflicted screw ups that I'm occasionally capable of.
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