hiya,

i'm running XP pro on a Dell Vostro 1200.
When i reboot after hibernation. the startup screen has no mention of the function keys along the bottom (F2 for bios settings. F12 for one time boot menu.... and something else i cant remember)
and pressing these keys does nothing at all to the boot, it goes straight to resuming from hibernation.

If the bios is set to boot from cd/dvd first it will do this, however if no bootable cd/dvd then straight into resume.

I have noticed this previously on other systems and am really curious as to the explanation.

i am curious as to how this happens ?