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Dave Schroeder <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:33:48 -0600
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Listers,
I have a problem similar to the one that produces a second screen, but it
gives me a directory listing of the C: drive.  Any idea what could be
causing this?  Where and what could I be looking for?  I'm running Win 95B.
Dave

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Bobby Sutton [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Monday, December 18, 2000 8:31 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        [PCBUILD] #2 boot screen help

        Rick: the machine never stops during the boot process, after the
second
        black screen  it goes right to desktop, no problems, never a
hang-up. It
        only stops at the second boot page for about 2-3 seconds then right
to
        desktop. I was wondering what in my setup or system would cause
that, does
        everyone have a three screen boot process??   Not a real concern as
a
        problem, just annoying but may be normal, I know the C prompts are
not but
        it NEVER hangs up during boot up.  Running Win 95A,  also can I
download B
        version or update from somewhere?

        Bobby


        From: "Rick Glazier"
        Subject: Re: #2 boot screen help


        > I'm not sure "exactly" what the symptoms are...
        > (I usually do not even answer if I *think* that originally...)
        >
        > If you are stopping at the display of all "Cs",
        > then add the single word "win" in autoexec.bat
        > and be sure (by highlighting the entire file later)
        > that it is on the last line. (Leave off the quotes. " " )
        > >From your description, it should be the only line. (?)
        >
        > That is a "workaround", the actual problem would
        > have been something has changed your msdos.sys file...
        > TweakUI will fix that... (But be sure to remove the
        > "win" above if you use TweakUI to fix it, or you may have
        > strange shut down "re-starts"...)
        >
        > I "think" it is unlikely you are booting all the way to the GUI,
        > (windows desktop), or you would not be concerned about
        > the problem?
        > If the latter is the case, then we are both at a loss...
        >      Good luck,  Rick

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