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Old 02-11-2008, 11:56 PM   #1
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Select operating system Problem

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Can you help on start up my PC now requires me to select an operating system to start (There Two)
First one not working
Second one is the operating system that I use and works fine
There is only one Windows xp home edition on the PC could you advise me how I can remove the the choosing and have windows start normal
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Old 02-12-2008, 07:35 AM   #2
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The fast/safe way:

1. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> System (Windows+Pause works, too)
2. Go to Advanced
3. Under the Startup and Recovery section, click Settings...

Set the "default" to the choice that works and then set the time to one second.

The other option is to click the edit button and edit the boot.ini file. BE Carefull with this...
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Old 02-13-2008, 02:50 PM   #3
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Hi thanks for your help worked fine (never chanced the boot.ini file)
Keep up the good work
Cheers Webbie

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