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previous post X/P media center will not boot
Got the problem fixed in a previous thread, the only minor problem is the PC
will not boot directly to mediacenter, instead she gets a screen asking which OS she wants to boot to. MediaCenter XP is the only OS on the PC. After hitting enter it boots OK I suppose this has something to do with rebuilding the boot.ini file etc. from here http://icrontic.com/articles/repair_windows_xp Is this something that a chkdsk volume:/f might repair, or just leave it alone since everything else is working? Thanks Bob |
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previous post X/P media center will not boot
click start, point to mycomputer, right click, select properties, select
advanced tab, under systemandrecovery click settings. under systemstartup you can select the default operating system. "Leanin' Cedar" wrote in message ... Got the problem fixed in a previous thread, the only minor problem is the PC will not boot directly to mediacenter, instead she gets a screen asking which OS she wants to boot to. MediaCenter XP is the only OS on the PC. After hitting enter it boots OK I suppose this has something to do with rebuilding the boot.ini file etc. from here http://icrontic.com/articles/repair_windows_xp Is this something that a chkdsk volume:/f might repair, or just leave it alone since everything else is working? Thanks Bob |
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"Christopher Muto" wrote in message link.net... click start, point to mycomputer, right click, select properties, select advanced tab, under systemandrecovery click settings. under systemstartup you can select the default operating system. Thanks for the reply. This seems easier and safer than an edit of the boot.in file. I will email (300 miles away) this information to her, and will get back and let you know that the fix worked. Thanks Bob |
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"Christopher Muto" wrote in message link.net... click start, point to mycomputer, right click, select properties, select advanced tab, under systemandrecovery click settings. under systemstartup you can select the default operating system. That did not work for her, have asked her if her OS was available under systemstartup, and to "carefully" copy her boot.in file and send it to me. Will post the results of the boot.ini. She is having some health problems and it may be a day or so before she gets to me. I have asked her to send me a guest invite with logmein, but not certain she fully understands that function. Thanks Bob |
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previous post X/P media center will not boot
didn't you install logmein on her machine? don't you already know the
username/password, and computername/password, and windows username/password... just have her turn on the pc and you can get in... logmein automatically installs the host software and autostarts it when windows starts. she does not even have to be logged in. "Leanin' Cedar" wrote in message ... "Christopher Muto" wrote in message link.net... click start, point to mycomputer, right click, select properties, select advanced tab, under systemandrecovery click settings. under systemstartup you can select the default operating system. That did not work for her, have asked her if her OS was available under systemstartup, and to "carefully" copy her boot.in file and send it to me. Will post the results of the boot.ini. She is having some health problems and it may be a day or so before she gets to me. I have asked her to send me a guest invite with logmein, but not certain she fully understands that function. Thanks Bob |
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previous post X/P media center will not boot
"Christopher Muto" wrote in message ... didn't you install logmein on her machine? don't you already know the username/password, and computername/password, and windows username/password... just have her turn on the pc and you can get in... logmein automatically installs the host software and autostarts it when windows starts. she does not even have to be logged in. She is concerned about security, and has logmein disabled, and only wants to use it on a guest invite basis. This is like beating my head against a brick wall. I will try once again to have her enable it for at least a day. We are both on dialup so I will need to deal with frequent disconnects while trying to help. Bob .. |
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"Leanin' Cedar" wrote in message
... "Christopher Muto" wrote in message ... didn't you install logmein on her machine? don't you already know the username/password, and computername/password, and windows username/password... just have her turn on the pc and you can get in... logmein automatically installs the host software and autostarts it when windows starts. she does not even have to be logged in. She is concerned about security, and has logmein disabled, and only wants to use it on a guest invite basis. This is like beating my head against a brick wall. I will try once again to have her enable it for at least a day. We are both on dialup so I will need to deal with frequent disconnects while trying to help. Bob ugh. it is kind and generous of you to offer to help her, but realistically you can't give your distance. if you do something remotely that prevents her machine from starting there is nothing that you can do for her remotely. stop while you are ahead (her system does boot, clumsy as it may be). walk away. |
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previous post X/P media center will not boot
"Christopher Muto" wrote in message ... ugh. it is kind and generous of you to offer to help her, but realistically you can't give your distance. if you do something remotely that prevents her machine from starting there is nothing that you can do for her remotely. stop while you are ahead (her system does boot, clumsy as it may be). walk away. My thoughts also, I will probably visit again in a couple of months and will be able to give it a hands on. Thanks Bob |
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