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by adisha

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I have just reinstalled Windows 98 OSR2 for a client in order to resolve a problem with a persistant boot screen and a graphics card software corruption (16 colours displayed instead of 32bit-true colour).

The graphics card software is OK now butthe computer always boots with a 6 item menu now (1. Normal mode; Safe mode; Command prompt only etc.) with a 30 sec countdown.

Is there any way of removing this menu screen so the system goes straight into windows without a delay? I have lookedat MSDOS.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files and they all appear to be OK. Is there a registry entry I'm missing?

Thank you for you help in advance.

Adisha

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by steve_kirkham

Have you tried looking at the hardware profiles.

Right click on My Computer, Proerties, Hardware Profiles

Regards
STeve

by brian

I know what you are talking about. This is an adjustable feature that I have used. I don't have a Win98 Machine in front of me to be more specifc but it is controlled by a program in the start menu programs/accessories/system tools/ group. It maybe called system information and I recall it to also contain a program for troubleshooting and controlling the programs that load at startup.

by adisha

Your reply was brilliant - this is how I solved the problem:
1. Start menu > Programs > Accessories > System tools > System info
2. Select Tools > System Configuration utility
3. Ensure General Tab is selected > Advanced > Adv. Troubleshooting settings
4: Enable Start menu [tick box]

Any ideas on what could have caused it? Please e-mail me :-)

Cheers!

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