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O.T. FF browser issue?
Mark Twain wrote:
The first link suggests changing the user account and logging out of safe mode and logging in as another user. That isn't the problem,...... The second link is exactly what i'm doing but neither the F8 or F12 are working ,... I even tried F10 because I read somewhere to use that instead of F12 but it didn't work either. I'm not trying to get into Safe Mode per se, I'm just saying the F8 and F12 keys aren't functioning. Normally, when logging on the F12 flashes on the top right of the screen but it doesn't do that it goes straight to the MBR and there is only one choice: Windows 7 Whereas I tested the 780 and the F12 flashed as I logged on and both the F8 and F12 worked and instead of just Windows 7 to choose from, it had Windows 7 and Restore. So the 780 is functioning normally but the 8500 isn't. I hope your not going to tell me that we need to rebuild the entire HD all over again to regain this feature. Robert Absolutely not. It's not an OS issue, when the OS isn't even running yet. When it's BIOS time, the BIOS gets to call the shots, on what keys it will listen to. This is a BIOS issue as far as I'm concerned. F2 should always work. You need to start by testing that you can even enter the BIOS. Do you use Fn F2 to enter the BIOS or just F2 to enter the BIOS ? I checked the 8500 user manual, and there is no BIOS entry specifically affecting F2/F8/F12. F2 enters the BIOS. F12 is the popup boot menu. F8 isn't intercepted as near as I can tell (F8 is not mentioned in the 8500 manual I'm using). There is a setting called "Boot Menu Security" in the BIOS, which *might* affect F12, but I can't find additional information using that search term, anywhere. "Boot Menu Security" is disabled by default. You could enter the BIOS and see if it happens to be enabled or not (a non-default value for the setting). Paul |
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