Re: Can't get boot menu

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Bruce wrote:

I have 2 Computers w/ XP. The first is XP Pro (Dell) & it works corretly. While in the 1st stages of loading, I can bring up the boot menu by tapping F8. The 2nd comp has XP Home (HP). I have been unable to get this to work. I have searched the OS but & made a few adjustments, but nothing has made a difference. I installed TweakUI, but the XP version of this doesn't have that option as previous versions have. I assume there is a way, using regedit to do this. 

Try the F5 key too.

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Rock
MS MVP  Windows - Shell/User

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