Re: After Updates, StartUp Menu F8 on boot not working
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Dugie <d_fren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> Hi,
>
> I hope someone can help.
>
> Win 2K Pro, SP4.
> After installing all 10 of the latest from Win Update, I noticed
> that pressing F8 at boot doesn't work. It worked fine before the
> updates. Everything else
> seems ok.
>
> When pressing F8, at times the screen will flash the Startup Menu,
> but the boot continues.
>
> Thanks,
> Dugie
What does your boot.ini look like? Copy/paste it into a response to this if
you want.
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