OK, when I run CHKDSK /F and reboot my WinXP Pro, after the loading-windows
screen it goes to the sky-blue screen showing CHKDSK run and there is a
count-down counter "hit any key to abort run" or something like that.

My problem is the count-down starts at 120sec. It did not do this until
recently, the count-down was 30sec.

So what went wrong and how do I get the count-down back to 30sec?

I will guess the chkntfs t: parameter got changed from 30 to 120

see Help and Support chkntfs for the usage.

Tecknomage wrote:

> OK, when I run CHKDSK /F and reboot my WinXP Pro, after the loading-windows
> screen it goes to the sky-blue screen showing CHKDSK run and there is a
> count-down counter "hit any key to abort run" or something like that.
>
> My problem is the count-down starts at 120sec. It did not do this until
> recently, the count-down was 30sec.
>
> So what went wrong and how do I get the count-down back to 30sec?

"Tecknomage" wrote
> OK, when I run CHKDSK /F and reboot my WinXP Pro, after the
> loading-windows
> screen it goes to the sky-blue screen showing CHKDSK run and there is a
> count-down counter "hit any key to abort run" or something like that.
>
> My problem is the count-down starts at 120sec. It did not do this until
> recently, the count-down was 30sec.
>
> So what went wrong and how do I get the count-down back to 30sec?

Start regedit.exe and locate the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\

"AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000010

The default is 10 seconds. Modify it to what you want. For some reason it
got changed to 120 sec. Before making any changes export a copy of the
current registry key from File | Export.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

On Thu, 31 May 2007 21:27:08 -0700, "Rock" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Tecknomage" wrote
> > OK, when I run CHKDSK /F and reboot my WinXP Pro, after the
> > loading-windows
> > screen it goes to the sky-blue screen showing CHKDSK run and there is a
> > count-down counter "hit any key to abort run" or something like that.
> >
> > My problem is the count-down starts at 120sec. It did not do this until
> > recently, the count-down was 30sec.
> >
> > So what went wrong and how do I get the count-down back to 30sec?
>
> Start regedit.exe and locate the following key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
>
> "AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000010
>
> The default is 10 seconds. Modify it to what you want. For some reason it
> got changed to 120 sec. Before making any changes export a copy of the
> current registry key from File | Export.

Thanks, that worked.

Now all I have to do is figure out what changed it in the first place
so it doesn't happen again.


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==== Tecknomage ====
All technology which is sufficiently advanced becomes
indistinguishable from magic.

Hi Rock,

Using

chkntfs /t:10

will set that parameter without running regedit.

Rock wrote:

> "Tecknomage" wrote
>
>> OK, when I run CHKDSK /F and reboot my WinXP Pro, after the
>> loading-windows
>> screen it goes to the sky-blue screen showing CHKDSK run and there is a
>> count-down counter "hit any key to abort run" or something like that.
>>
>> My problem is the count-down starts at 120sec. It did not do this until
>> recently, the count-down was 30sec.
>>
>> So what went wrong and how do I get the count-down back to 30sec?
>
>
> Start regedit.exe and locate the following key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
>
> "AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000010
>
> The default is 10 seconds. Modify it to what you want. For some reason
> it got changed to 120 sec. Before making any changes export a copy of
> the current registry key from File | Export.
>

"Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> Hi Rock,
>
> Using
>
> chkntfs /t:10
>
> will set that parameter without running regedit.
>
> Rock wrote:
>
>> "Tecknomage" wrote
>>
>>> OK, when I run CHKDSK /F and reboot my WinXP Pro, after the
>>> loading-windows
>>> screen it goes to the sky-blue screen showing CHKDSK run and there is a
>>> count-down counter "hit any key to abort run" or something like that.
>>>
>>> My problem is the count-down starts at 120sec. It did not do this until
>>> recently, the count-down was 30sec.
>>>
>>> So what went wrong and how do I get the count-down back to 30sec?
>>
>>
>> Start regedit.exe and locate the following key:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
>>
>> "AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000010
>>
>> The default is 10 seconds. Modify it to what you want. For some reason
>> it got changed to 120 sec. Before making any changes export a copy of
>> the current registry key from File | Export.

Thanks Bob. I didn't know if it would change it for a one time use or
globally. I didn't test it.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]