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    wrong msconfig boot settings, now can't boot up. Help.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by trvelbug, Feb 23, 2020.

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    my antivirus told me to set certain parameters to boot yo faster, and one of the settings it made me change was msconfig >boot>adv options>no of processors >4

    after a few days, I noticed that only two physical cores were active so I tried to reset the msconfig back to its previous settings. I unchecked the no of processors box and after that reset I wasn't able to log into windows anymore.

    I tried the trouble shooting options, unfortunately I don't seem to have have a restore point, and all other options like auto repair, resetting the bios, etc, didn't work. I also tried resetting the pc but that didn't work too.

    Any ideas how I could make my laptop work, short of a full Windows reinstall?
     
    trvelbug, Feb 23, 2020
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