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Windows XP startup

#1 Post by Me2 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:57 pm

I just got my computer back from being worked on. Now whenever I turn it on after the Thinkpad screen (where it says to interrupt normal startup push the blue thinkpad button), a screen shows up that asks me to select which I want to start
-Windows xp recovery console
-Windows xp professional

How can I get rid of this screen so I can just go straight to windows xp professional?

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Re: Windows XP startup

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:25 pm

Edit c:\boot.ini so it has only one option and looks like the Sample boot.ini file here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022
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Re: Windows XP startup

#3 Post by Me2 » Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:33 am

What about just unchecking the box that says time to display list of operating systems in the startup and recovery dialog box under system startup?

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#4 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:16 am

Don't know what happens then, but feel free to try it...
AFAIK you need to set the show-time to 0 seconds.
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