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Disabling Window Boot Menus

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by mkrain

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Is there a way that I can disable the F5 and F8 keys during the boot process. I am trying to limit the access of my pc from certain users. When one is in safe mode there are still plenty of things that can be done.

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by jparade

There is a great program called Boot Editor. I do not have it on my work PC, but I have the installer for there. When I get home, I will email it to you directly. JAKE

by mkrain

I would like to try this but I was looking for something that didn't require a seperate program. Thanks very much.

by bassfisherman

Simple way to do this built in to Windows. Edit your msdos.sys file and use the below info. It goes under the [Options] area.

So, BootKeys=0 is what u want.

BootKeys=
Default: 1
Purpose: A setting of 1 enables the use of the function key boot options (that
is, F4, F5, F6, F8, and CTRL). A setting of 0 disables the use of these
function keys during the boot process

NOTE: A setting of BootKeys=0 overrides the use of BootDelay=n.

by mkrain

I tried this and had a disaster. Maybe this is only for 95 because the bootkeys option is not in my msdos.sys file. I tried to add it and here is where I got into trouble, I wasn't able to boot. And because this was a hidden system file was not able to modify it through dos. Solution, I had to reformat! Thanks anyways.

by wrcotton

NOTE that disabling the F5 and F8 keys isn't foolproof. If you interrupt Windows when it's starting, it will give you the boot menu anyway the next time it starts. It assumes there might be something wrong with your drivers and allows Safe Mode in case you want to modify settings.

by mkrain

I am aware of this alternate method. I myself no how to get around things like this. I was trying to use what I know to lock my PC tight but have not found a good solution. Thanks very much

by flan

you go into the bios and enable the password function. you can't hit f5 if you can't get pass that password. but tha'ts not fool proof either, cuz they can open the computer, and reset the bios but that's anotther issue

by mkrain

I know about the bios pass and as above I am trying to use what I know to keep people out. If I can get in I am assuming they can as well. Thanks though.

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