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Enabling the startup menu
Hi:
After many years with W98SE I've finally purchased a new Dell with XP.
I would like to bypass all the bootup splash screens (Dell's, XP's, and the Welcome) and be presented
with a startup menu. 98SE had this option in msconfig under "advanced" to "enable
startup menu" (1.Normal, 2.Logged, 3. Safe Mode, etc.)
Is there a way to do something similar in XP?
Thanks, chuket.
Your first link describes more or less what I want to do, but states:
"This tip will work for both versions of Windows XP, Home and Professional, and Windows 2000. It has not been tested with Windows XP Media Edition."I guess I should have stated I have XP Media Center 2005, and perhaps I should have posted to that board. The advice in the link doesn't quite jibe with what I see when I try to follow its instructions.
chuket
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Posted July 22nd, 2005 02:00
This may help with the statrtup menu. It involves editing the boot.ini file:
http://www.hexff.com/xp_boot.php
Also, auto-logon options from MS (which I use, ie. it goes straight to the desktop after the welcome screen):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/tips/knox2.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231