Re: Unwanted multiple boot screen

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XP SP2 adds it.

/noexecute=OptIn

OptIn
This setting is the default configuration. On systems with processors that
can implement hardware-enforced DEP, DEP is enabled by default for limited
system binaries and programs that "opt-in." With this option, only Windows
system binaries are covered by DEP by default.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:eE2sgyygFHA.3868@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
George Hester <hesterloli@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> Set the timeout to 0 and/or remove
>
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect
>
> Why are you using the switch /noexecute=optin?
>
> This probably won't help your boot time. For that is it holding up at
> Preparing Network Connections?
>
> --
> George Hester
> _______________________________
> "wedodesign" <wedodesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:DF70C76E-9091-4A49-9080-0A0CA820C1D1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> After 4 years of usage adding/removing programs, my Win XP had slowed
>> down to a crawl on startup, so I bit the bullet and did a fresh Win XP
>> installation from my original system disks, and performed all updates
>> including sp-2. The system works fine, but on boot-up, it takes me to a
>> selection page to choose the installation of "Windows XP Home edition" I
>> want to start with. Now, I only have one operating system installed on
>> my C drive (not partitioned), and D drive is all data storage. If I
>> don't make a choice, it counts down for 30 seconds and then chooses the
>> first choice, and I boot into Windows. If I click the second choice,
>> which also says "windows xp home edition", I get an error message saying
>> problem finding the operating system on the hard drive. I tried deleting
>> the second example of "windows" from the boot.ini file. That stopped the
>> multiple boot screen from appearing, but it takes a long time for
>> windows to then startup. Is it waiting 30 seconds behind the scene? Here
>> is my original boot.ini file that I had with the problem (before I
>> edited it) Thanks for any help:
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=30
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
>> Edition" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
>> Edition" /fastdetect

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