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Little bugger when starting the pc, selection @ the beginning
May 25 2004, 04:37 AM
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Dear mr.Farber, please let me b polite & compliment u on such a great site... being new here, i'm stil in the stage of downloading everything i can @ excrutiatingly sow speeds... but never mind that... i'm sure u've described this problem b4, but i can't find it so i come here... to all that may help, my PROBLEM is pretty small: when starting my pc, i have 2 make an OS choice: either windows xp or a backup thing... i'd really like it if my pc'd start normaly, so can sumone tell me plz?
p.s., glad u survived the last virus attack.
May 25 2004, 05:32 AM
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Are you using a custom bootscreen or the default one?
May 25 2004, 10:00 AM
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Yes, what you will need to do is edit your boot.ini file. It's a hidden system file, and if you don't edit it correctly, you may run into problems.
Be careful....
With that said, you want to type this into your address bar of Windows Explorer:
C:\boot.ini
This is what mine looks like for reference:CODE[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Basically, find the one you want to auto boot and assuming it is already the default (i.e. when you boot your pc, if you don't make a choice it auto selects the one you want), change timeout to 0.
You can also try right clicking my computer, choose properties, then go to advanced tab, then hit the startup button. You will see the options here as well, though these don't always seem to read properly to me for some reason.
Be careful like I said, and let me know if you have any questions. 
May 25 2004, 11:19 AM
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QUOTE(bfarber @ May 25 2004, 05:00 PM)You can also try right clicking my computer, choose properties, then go to advanced tab, then hit the startup button. You will see the options here as well, though these don't always seem to read properly to me for some reason.
just untick the "time to....." option
May 27 2004, 03:54 AM
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Wonderful... i tried removing the new lines that appear when u install Bootxp but that screwed with the visua styles & bootscreen... i had a backup, so things r hopefully straightened out... i apologize if i don't reply or attend ure site often 4 a while, but it's test-season
... but i intend 2 make a small hobby of making login-screens & maybe even bootscreens, rather than rereading old books, so keep an eye out for me, & thanks again ppl!
May 27 2004, 09:53 AM
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Sounds good to me.
As for the boot.ini, yes, it will remove your bootscreens if you remove some of those entries (rather, just the mapping to the custom boot screens), however it shouldn't affect your visual styles. 
In any event, glad it is sorted.
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