Boot Options

[Guest]

I recently had to go into Safe Mode then do a clean boot. Since then,
whenever I boot the computer, I get the screen asking me to choose boot
options before it starts up. It times out after a few seconds if I don't
press enter for a normal boot, and boots up normally, but this is agravating
nonetheless.

I restored all the settings in the msconfig (Normal Boot and enabling the
services, etc.)

Is there some way to set it so it doesn't do this anymore?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I recently had to go into Safe Mode then do a clean boot.

What do you mean by "clean boot"? Do you mean "clean install" (which is
very different from a clean boot)?

Since then,
whenever I boot the computer, I get the screen asking me to choose
boot options before it starts up.

In that case, regardless of what you think you did, you did *not* do a clean
reinstallation.

Please describe exactly what steps you took.

 

[Guest]

Actually, for the clean boot, I went to Symantec's instructions. In
msconfig, I chose Selective Startup, then unclicked everything except Load
Systems Services. Then, in the Services tab, clicked Hide All Microsoft
Services and then Disable All.

When I was finished, I returned to msconfig, checked Normal Startup, then in
the Services tab, Show All Microsoft Services and Enable all, then Apply & OK.

Then restart.

What did I not do right?

 

[Curt Christianson]

Looks pretty close to me, but you may want to look at these:


How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
and
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
--
Curt
http://dundats.mvps.org/
http://www.aumha.org/


| Actually, for the clean boot, I went to Symantec's instructions. In
| msconfig, I chose Selective Startup, then unclicked everything except Load
| Systems Services. Then, in the Services tab, clicked Hide All Microsoft
| Services and then Disable All.
|
| When I was finished, I returned to msconfig, checked Normal Startup, then
in
| the Services tab, Show All Microsoft Services and Enable all, then Apply &
OK.
|
| Then restart.
|
| What did I not do right?
|
| "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
|
| > dstar wrote:
| >
| > > I recently had to go into Safe Mode then do a clean boot.
| >
| >
| > What do you mean by "clean boot"? Do you mean "clean install" (which is
| > very different from a clean boot)?
| >
| >
| > > Since then,
| > > whenever I boot the computer, I get the screen asking me to choose
| > > boot options before it starts up.
| >
| >
| > In that case, regardless of what you think you did, you did *not* do a
clean
| > reinstallation.
| >
| > Please describe exactly what steps you took.
| >
| > --
| > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| > Please reply to the newsgroup
| >
| >
| > > It times out after a few seconds
| > > if I don't press enter for a normal boot, and boots up normally, but
| > > this is agravating nonetheless.
| > >
| > > I restored all the settings in the msconfig (Normal Boot and enabling
| > > the services, etc.)
| > >
| > > Is there some way to set it so it doesn't do this anymore?
| >
| >
| >

 

[Guest]

Thanks. The first link I already got 1st link. The 2nd didn't show anything
relevant for me