UkLegacyT

as title, when the computer is first turned on, it goes through a blacks screens with boxes etc (normal) then a 6 chioce menu appears with a 30 second countdown.

choise 1 is 'normal mode'
4 is 'safe mode' etc etc

how can i get rid of it?

ive also noticed the computer has gone **** slow, and thats without even mentioning the damn aol [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

please help
ian

ChrisB

Try this...

Once in Windows, Click Start > Run and type MSCONFIG.

On the screen that appears, click the Advanced button.

Is there a tick against "Enable Startup Menu"? If so, remove it, reboot and hopefully it's gone.

Chris.

Fig

If it is highlighting "Safe Mode" each time, it will be due to a bad shutdown. It will keep appearing until the machine haqs been shutdown cleanly, so let it load into Safe Mode, then shutdown/restart machine.


If it is highlighting any other option, disregard the above.

UkLegacyT

lol

how easy, its gone now thankfully!

also, there is a tick against 'disable fast shutdown' should that be there?

its just that the computer doesnt shut down anymore, it has to be turned off

thanks for your help chris

UkLegacyT

ah fig you sneaked that post in there lol

yeah as above the pc doesnt shut down most times, seems to be when its been on a while. i try leaving it, but its stays on for hours if you forget to turn it off like i did once
if its only on say 10mins it shuts down.

ian

Fig

Tends to suggest that something is running (possibly a program you use) is not exiting cleanly. Doubt very much if it is time-related, could possibly be to do with power-save settings, but unlikely.


Try this when ready to shutdown after extended use (before selecting shutdown):


Close all open programs, chat, email etc,
CTRL-ALT-DEL to to bring up the list of active applications etc.
END JOB on each one with the exception of EXPLORER and SYSTRAY. If you get a message saying "xxx is not responding" then click the button to force it to go away.

Once you have just the two items left, try shutting down. If it now powers off, one of the items your closed is the culprit, and most likely candidate(s) will be any that gave the 'not responding' message.

You might also want to check in power settings in the control panel that you have ACPI support enabled (it probably is). Without this PC will not/is unlikely to power off itself.


HTH

UkLegacyT

thanks mate

i'll try that after when ive finished on here. i reckon its aol buggering up the pc cos aol is crap and apparently uses some of the computers files to run itself, or so im told

ian

pugoetru

windows 98 has a bug that stops it shutting down sometimes tells you on the update site

if you can find it !!

UkLegacyT

that would make sense, cos its a pain!

i will check the update site now mate, thanks for that