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F8 Activates the startup menu.
F6 Enables step–by–step confirmation of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT statements.
F5 Bypasses your startup files (CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT) entirely.
Shift–F5 has the same effect as selecting Safe mode command prompt only from the startup menu.
F4 If the Dual Boot option is also enabled, boots your original version of DOS instead of Windows 95.
Plus there were some that bypassed dblspace as well. As windows waited 2 seconds to see if you pressed a key or not, and this delay was removed in 98, it then required the user to hit the F8 at the exact right moment. So control was introduced, control is held down meaning the user doesn't have to hit F8 at the right moment without a prompt as to when that right moment is.
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F6 Enables step–by–step confirmation of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT statements.
F5 Bypasses your startup files (CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT) entirely.
Shift–F5 has the same effect as selecting Safe mode command prompt only from the startup menu.
F4 If the Dual Boot option is also enabled, boots your original version of DOS instead of Windows 95.
Plus there were some that bypassed dblspace as well. As windows waited 2 seconds to see if you pressed a key or not, and this delay was removed in 98, it then required the user to hit the F8 at the exact right moment. So control was introduced, control is held down meaning the user doesn't have to hit F8 at the right moment without a prompt as to when that right moment is.
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Wesley Vogel said:Carl,
Well, I'll be sliced and diced.
F5 brings up the Boot Menu on my machine also. I just tried it and I was a
little amazed. Alright, I was a lot amazed. ;-)
I have an old Gateway, 1998 vintage. So F5 is not specific to any machine.
Must be an Easter Egg.
Win 95 uses F5 or F8.
Win 98 and ME use the Ctrl key or F8.
Win 2000 uses F8.
Win XP uses F8 AND apparently F5 also.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InCarl G said:I have a home built machine running XP PRO and F5 takes me to the boot
options just like F8.
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Carl G
Wesley Vogel said:Hi Don,
Compaq/HP thing may explain it.
Because F5 has nothing to do with starting Windows XP in Safe Mode if one
doesn't have a machine of that brand.
I've seen people post about using F5 for Safe Mode in the past. And now
I'm
really curious.
I looked for documentation and found nothing.
HP Pavilion PCs - Starting Windows XP in Safe Mode
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00013595&dlc=en&lang=en
HP Omnibook PC - Using Safe Mode
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=tis14791
Hardware and Software Guide
Compaq Notebook Series
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposuppor...SupportManual/c00280446/c00280446.pdf&spname=
Hardware and Software Guide
HP Notebook Series
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposuppor...SupportManual/c00280444/c00280444.pdf&spname=
Do you have any documentation, Don?
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In Don Varnau <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> hunted and pecked:
Hi Wes,
On my HP notebook, F5 gives the boot options screen, just as F8 does. I
think it's a Compaq/HP thing. ;-)
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955[at]comcast.net> wrote in message
I am really curious to know what pressing F5 will do on an XP machine.
