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    glenmere Posts: 25, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 24, 2004, 07:49 AM
    WinXP Home Log-on
    I recently had to reinstall WinXP Home on my computer due to startup problems. After I reinstalled the OP using the WinXP Installation CD, whenever I startup the computer I immediately see the following screen: "Please select Operating System to Start: "Windows XP Home Edition - Windows XP Home Edition." In other words, the line shows up twice. It also gives me 30 seconds to respond or else it will select the first line. It appears I got myself into a multiboot log-on arrangement which I don't want. My questin is, how do I get rid of the second line? Thanks, Glenmere
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    Jun 24, 2004, 07:21 PM
    Re: WinXP Home Log-on
    Click start, run, type 'msconfig', hit enter, and go to the boot.ini tab. I haven't done too much messing around with that but it looks like you can edit the bootloader options from there.
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    Jun 25, 2004, 07:10 AM
    WinXP Home Log-on
    Thanks retsoksirhc for your input. It was very helpful. I do have one question though. I found the additional line in the boot.ini file through msconfig as you suggested, but now how do I get rid of it? There doesn't seem to be any way to delete it.

    Thanks, Glenmere
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