Re: two OS options during startup

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Boot.ini says:

[bootloader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional' /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

Do I delete the second OS line or leave it as it is?


"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:epiyJqa5HHA.1188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Use the MSCONFIG tool and have it check for and remove invalid entries in
the boot.ini file. I think that you are being misled as to the purpose of
the noexecute entry, it is not for what you may be thinking. If you are
certain that other than the name of the operating system the two lines in
the boot.ini file are identical, or that XP Pro starts with its line, you
can safely delete the line pointing to XP Home.

John

Matty wrote:

I upgraded from WinXP Home SP2 to WinXP Pro SP2.

Now, when I turn on my compu, I get a black screen first asking me:

Please select the OS to start:
MS windows XP Pro
MS windows XP Home

Is that normal when you upgrade from Home to Pro?
I thought that when I upgraded, that everything would be almost
seamless - i.e., that my compu will know that I have Pro, and not Home
and so should not be asking me which OS to start with.

The MS Win XP Home option is useless anyway since the boot.ini has a
"noexecute" entry for it.
I thought I actually got two OS after upgrading to Pro (because of the
startup message) but even when XP Home is selected, XP Pro gets loaded
anyway.



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