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Do you want to see what is going on behind the Windows XP and 2000 splash screens?
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Posted by: Warez Monster

When Windows first starts up it displays a screen with the Windows logo known as the splash screen. To see what is going one behind it use notepad to edit the C:\boot.ini file (to see the file listed, you may need to set your Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View to see hidden files and folders, and to unhide protected system files). You'll see a line that looks similar to this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

Add a space and /SOS to the end of the line so it looks like this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect /SOS

The boot.ini file can also be edited in Windows XP by right-clicking My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Edit.

Here's a quicker shortcut to the Windows 9X/Me/2000/XP System Properties (submitted by Doug Gould)... Press the Pause/Break key while holding down the Windows Logo key.

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Posted by: IF06

For an even faster way, not sure if it works outside of XP, go to Run > Msconfig > Boot.INI > Select SOS

For some reason this tweaking guide I saw said that I'd have to create a boot.ini for the home edition, but this option was already there when I accessed the menu.