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Old May 25th 21, 12:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Windows XP Boot Problem - Boot Goes Right To Win Splash Screen

Brandon wrote:

The settings under sysdm.cpl are for 30 seconds. I've never monkeyed
with them. I'm going to leave them as is.


You can also msconfig.exe with its BOOT.INI tab to ensure the same 30
seconds is specified there for the timeout.

Is more than one OS listed in the list shown in the wizard mentioned
above? If not, no such list will be presented on boot since only one OS
is selectable.

"Access anything" is vague. Is it a list of OSes that is missing during
boot, or is it that you cannot force display of the boot menu using F8
(F5 on some setups)?

Have you enabled Hibernation mode? If your computer was put into
Hibernation on shutdown, it will naturally restore the same OS upon
boot. That's the point of hibernation: start up in the same state as
when shutdown. Disable hibernation, or make sure to do a full shutdown
and NOT into hibernation mode, and retest.

Oh, in addition, some pre-built computers want tisplay and advertisement
banner on boot. They want to ensure the user, whoever that is at the
time, gets to see that, gee, it's a Dell, Acer, HP, or whatever computer
maker created the computer. The splash screen will obliterate the POS
(Power On Start) screens, and could even last long enough to obliterate
the boot menu. Go into the BIOS and make sure the boot banner screen
option is disabled. Then, on boot, you should first see the POS screen
showing memory size, devices detected, BIOS version, and possibly other
information, including any other BIOS that loads afterward (e.g., SCSI),
and then followed by the boot menu (hit F5 or F8 immediately when the OS
starts loading).
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