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I go away for a few days and come back to find my settings for XP have been changed so that it won't boot up into the XP desktop. :S

How do I:

make a new settings file without being in XP?

or

reset my computer/settings to their defaults so I can get into XP?


Cheers.

:D

One day Turbonutter's going to EXPLODE

Press F8 when is says Starting Windows... this will give you a menu, Safe Mode being one of them. This is a Windows thing and not your BIOS.

Re. The cause of your problems - do you have Automatic Windows Updates enabled by any chance ?

He'd make a fine IT consultant.

Like I said: f8 does nothing.

Right, try F5, F6, F8, F12. One of them should work. Actually, try them all.

Hmmm... wrote:
>
> Re. The cause of your problems - do you have Automatic Windows
> Updates enabled by any chance ?

Not automatic, it sort of 'recommends' I update.

And f8 still doesn't work whilst windows is booting up. :S

Try F8.

Icarus mk2 wrote:
> Right, try F5, F6, F8, F12. One of them should work. Actually, try
> them all.

I looked up safe mode on the net and it did say it was 'f8'.

But if it doesn't work then it's probably another key.

just keep pressing it when you switch on the computer, it should work.