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    Every Time I boot on ? msconfig Help

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Necss, Jan 22, 2007.

  1. Necss

    Necss Notebook Consultant

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    Every Time i boot up a black dos screen comes on and gives me the choice of Windows or Recovery this is after i tryed disabling something in msconfig and yes i enabled bak again and it still comes up. it takes 2-3seconds and i wana know how to get rid of this plz?
    I know its not long delay but i rather not have it lol?
     
    Necss, Jan 22, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What is the name of the item you are trying to disable?

    Have you run a virus/spyware scan?
     
    Greg, Jan 22, 2007
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  3. Necss

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    Yes i ran virus scan and nothing it is bootvis i disabled but the that startup dos came so i enabled it bak and it still happens
     
    Necss, Jan 22, 2007
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  4. iza

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    go to start->run-> msconfig
    click on the boot.ini tab
    click "Check all Boot Paths". It should then say that the Windows Recovery Console is not a valid OS and if you would like to remove it, press yes.
     
    iza, Jan 22, 2007
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    control panel/system/advanced tab/startup + recovery, take the "time to display list of operating systems" down to 0, that way it doesnt wait but you can boot up and press the down arrow at the right time to get into recovery mode.

    recovery mode is a good thing to have if/when your machine decides to blue screen and you have to run a chkdsk c: /r in recovery mode to fix it.. else you have to dig your windows install cd out to run it from there.
     
    skanky, Jan 24, 2007
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