Question about booting up (1 Viewer)

[Paul_Fisher]

Hello,
I'm using Windows XP, and when I boot my computer, it pauses, and I must hit F1 to resume and continue booting. It does this everytime I boot my computer. Does anyone know a way to disable this?

THanks
Paul

 

[Kevin P]

Are you getting a POST error? This is usually the cause of needing to hit F1 to boot up. If it isn't displaying, see if there is a key to hit to enter the BIOS setup (usually Del or F2, depending on your BIOS), one of these should also give you the POST error.

KJP

 

[Paul_Fisher]

I'm not getting any errors at all. It just gets annoying and I'm sure there is some way to turn it off I just don't know how. THought someone else might know.

THanks

 

[todbnla]

Paul,
I have XP and had that happen on occasion. NOT sure why?
I later installed a program called "Boot VIS" by Microsoft, BTW, which speeds up the load time of Win XP, search the web and get it, might fix your bug.
It is free too.

 

[Andrew_Russell]

I am having the exact same problem, and I can't figure out what is going on. I am not receiving any error messages at all upon boot up. I installed Boot VIS and that did absolutely nothing for me. I have looked everywhere in the BIOS and I can't find anything to change this. I don't think it is an XP problem, because it also did this to me in Windows 2000. Anyone have any other ideas?

 

[Glenn Overholt]

Yes, one more. Can you update your bios?

I don't think that it is a Windows(??) problem, but both of you probably have the same piece of software that got it started, and who knows, maybe you have updated that without the software company saying anything.

Glenn

 

[Andrew_Russell]

I have the latest BIOS that is available for the Intel 850GB.