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"WTF?"

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.

Yep hammering f8 like a rabid hamster worked. :)

Cheers.

Now I have to workout what's ****ing everything up! :D

Ok.

*Goes to hammer F8*

General wisdom is that you should hammer F8 as fast as you can to get in to safe mode. You only have a 1-second window, and no-one's really sure when that is.

I too need to flush my computer of all the crap it has on.
If you have a recovery CD, whack that in.

Hedfix wrote:
> Currently I just want to clear/flush the whole system as this is very
> annoying. :D

You could just reinstall windows.

Turbonutter wrote:
> Delete for BIOS.
>
> F8 for safe mode.
>
> Two different things.

Bwahah, you showed impressive restraint there.

Memorandum! wrote:
> just keep pressing it when you switch on the computer, it should work.

Yes 'should' :(

Anyway, exploring other options: What about a boot disk made from another PC with XP? or am I barking up the wrong tree as it's a windows problem?

Currently I just want to clear/flush the whole system as this is very annoying. :D

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

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

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'.