Re: Boot.ini Switches

Cade wrote:
> My Computer Performance has been in the toilet, I have run 10
> different virus scanners and 10 different Spyware scanners and they
> only found Cookies. I deleted them all. I removed all items from
> my startup and disabled unnecessary services. I have a Toshiba
> a45-2501 running a Mobile P4 2.8 Ghz.
>
>
> then i noticed this in my boot.ini file.
>
> [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
> Professional" /forceresetreg /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
>
> I could not find any resources explaining /forceresetreg but I know
> I need /fastdetect. However I am confused about this /noexecute
> How do I know if this should be enabled? this sounds like
> something that could cause a problem if configured wrong

forceresetreg= Force Reset Registry

Do a search on your PC for *.reg and see what comes up.

It is possible the OEM of the system has something installed to force a
reset of the registry at boot. You could also recreate the boot.ini file
removing the force reset reg entry and rename the original one to boot.old
then reboot and see if the system starts up ok.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


.

Loading