Greetings Mr. Lee & list--
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From: "Robert Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
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> I'm running Win 98 SE....
> Every time I boot up the screen goes black and i'm asked to choose
> a boot up selection...normal, etc. If I do nothing 18 seconds later
> the
> boot up continues to another identical screen...If I still do nothing
> the
> machine will boot up normally. True this is just an aggravation, but
> any advice here would be appreciated.
>
I'm not quite sure where the second BootMenu screen
came from, but, as Mr. Priol has responded, it displays
because of the referenced line in c:\msdos.sys. This
menu can also be enabled/disabled by running msconfig.exe,
and checking the appropriate box after clicking on the Advanced
button on the General tab.
I would just like to point out, however, that one advantage
to using the boot menu is that it makes it easier/quicker to
get to a ("pure") command prompt in order to run scanreg
(with any of its useful switches like /fix, /backup, /restore,
etc.). Also, as you may already be aware, Windows 98 will
create 5 backups of its registry on startup where Win95 would
only make one. ... better protection for system settings . ...
By editing scanreg.ini (in C:\Windows), you can change this
number to any number of backups you want by putting the
appropriate number on the line MaxBackupCopies= and
saving the file with the new information. The one caveat is
that scanreg /restore will still only show 5 backups. Some
renaming of files would need to be done if the registry you
wanted to restore wasn't displayed.
Anyway, just thought I'd add my $.02.
Paul A. Shippert Library/Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
Phone: 301-884-4635 FAX: 301-884-8937
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