Guest Matty Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 I upgraded from WinXP Home SP2 to WinXP Pro SP2. Now, when I turn on my compu, I get a black screen first asking me: Please select the OS to start: MS windows XP Pro MS windows XP Home Is that normal when you upgrade from Home to Pro? I thought that when I upgraded, that everything would be almost seamless - i.e., that my compu will know that I have Pro, and not Home and so should not be asking me which OS to start with. The MS Win XP Home option is useless anyway since the boot.ini has a "noexecute" entry for it. I thought I actually got two OS after upgrading to Pro (because of the startup message) but even when XP Home is selected, XP Pro gets loaded anyway.
Guest John John Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: two OS options during startup Use the MSCONFIG tool and have it check for and remove invalid entries in the boot.ini file. I think that you are being misled as to the purpose of the noexecute entry, it is not for what you may be thinking. If you are certain that other than the name of the operating system the two lines in the boot.ini file are identical, or that XP Pro starts with its line, you can safely delete the line pointing to XP Home. John Matty wrote: > I upgraded from WinXP Home SP2 to WinXP Pro SP2. > > Now, when I turn on my compu, I get a black screen first asking me: > > Please select the OS to start: > MS windows XP Pro > MS windows XP Home > > Is that normal when you upgrade from Home to Pro? > I thought that when I upgraded, that everything would be almost seamless - > i.e., that my compu will know that I have Pro, and not Home and so should > not be asking me which OS to start with. > > The MS Win XP Home option is useless anyway since the boot.ini has a > "noexecute" entry for it. > I thought I actually got two OS after upgrading to Pro (because of the > startup message) but even when XP Home is selected, XP Pro gets loaded > anyway. > >
Guest Matty Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: two OS options during startup Boot.ini says: [bootloader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional' /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer Do I delete the second OS line or leave it as it is? "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:epiyJqa5HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Use the MSCONFIG tool and have it check for and remove invalid entries in > the boot.ini file. I think that you are being misled as to the purpose of > the noexecute entry, it is not for what you may be thinking. If you are > certain that other than the name of the operating system the two lines in > the boot.ini file are identical, or that XP Pro starts with its line, you > can safely delete the line pointing to XP Home. > > John > > Matty wrote: > >> I upgraded from WinXP Home SP2 to WinXP Pro SP2. >> >> Now, when I turn on my compu, I get a black screen first asking me: >> >> Please select the OS to start: >> MS windows XP Pro >> MS windows XP Home >> >> Is that normal when you upgrade from Home to Pro? >> I thought that when I upgraded, that everything would be almost >> seamless - i.e., that my compu will know that I have Pro, and not Home >> and so should not be asking me which OS to start with. >> >> The MS Win XP Home option is useless anyway since the boot.ini has a >> "noexecute" entry for it. >> I thought I actually got two OS after upgrading to Pro (because of the >> startup message) but even when XP Home is selected, XP Pro gets loaded >> anyway. >
Guest John John Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: two OS options during startup As suspected, both of the lines have the same ARC path and both point to the same location: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS Remove the second line, the boot.ini file will look like this: [bootloader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional' /fastdetect The boot.ini file is "Read-Only". To save the file after you do the changes you will have to remove the Read-Only flag, after you are done put the Read-Only flag back on, right-click the file and select properties to change the flag. John Matty wrote: > Boot.ini says: > > [bootloader] > timeout=5 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP > Professional' /fastdetect > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home > edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer > > Do I delete the second OS line or leave it as it is? > > > "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:epiyJqa5HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >>Use the MSCONFIG tool and have it check for and remove invalid entries in >>the boot.ini file. I think that you are being misled as to the purpose of >>the noexecute entry, it is not for what you may be thinking. If you are >>certain that other than the name of the operating system the two lines in >>the boot.ini file are identical, or that XP Pro starts with its line, you >>can safely delete the line pointing to XP Home. >> >>John >> >>Matty wrote: >> >> >>>I upgraded from WinXP Home SP2 to WinXP Pro SP2. >>> >>>Now, when I turn on my compu, I get a black screen first asking me: >>> >>>Please select the OS to start: >>>MS windows XP Pro >>>MS windows XP Home >>> >>>Is that normal when you upgrade from Home to Pro? >>>I thought that when I upgraded, that everything would be almost >>>seamless - i.e., that my compu will know that I have Pro, and not Home >>>and so should not be asking me which OS to start with. >>> >>>The MS Win XP Home option is useless anyway since the boot.ini has a >>>"noexecute" entry for it. >>>I thought I actually got two OS after upgrading to Pro (because of the >>>startup message) but even when XP Home is selected, XP Pro gets loaded >>>anyway. >> > >
Guest Matty Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: two OS options during startup Done. Thank you! "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:%23Vw1O9b5HHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > As suspected, both of the lines have the same ARC path and both point to > the same location: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > > Remove the second line, the boot.ini file will look like this: > > [bootloader] > timeout=5 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP > Professional' /fastdetect > > The boot.ini file is "Read-Only". To save the file after you do the > changes you will have to remove the Read-Only flag, after you are done put > the Read-Only flag back on, right-click the file and select properties to > change the flag. > > John > > > Matty wrote: > >> Boot.ini says: >> >> [bootloader] >> timeout=5 >> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >> [operating systems] >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >> Professional' /fastdetect >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home >> edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer >> >> Do I delete the second OS line or leave it as it is? >> >> >> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message >> news:epiyJqa5HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >>>Use the MSCONFIG tool and have it check for and remove invalid entries in >>>the boot.ini file. I think that you are being misled as to the purpose >>>of the noexecute entry, it is not for what you may be thinking. If you >>>are certain that other than the name of the operating system the two >>>lines in the boot.ini file are identical, or that XP Pro starts with its >>>line, you can safely delete the line pointing to XP Home. >>> >>>John >>> >>>Matty wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I upgraded from WinXP Home SP2 to WinXP Pro SP2. >>>> >>>>Now, when I turn on my compu, I get a black screen first asking me: >>>> >>>>Please select the OS to start: >>>>MS windows XP Pro >>>>MS windows XP Home >>>> >>>>Is that normal when you upgrade from Home to Pro? >>>>I thought that when I upgraded, that everything would be almost >>>>seamless - i.e., that my compu will know that I have Pro, and not Home >>>>and so should not be asking me which OS to start with. >>>> >>>>The MS Win XP Home option is useless anyway since the boot.ini has a >>>>"noexecute" entry for it. >>>>I thought I actually got two OS after upgrading to Pro (because of the >>>>startup message) but even when XP Home is selected, XP Pro gets loaded >>>>anyway. >>> >> >> >
Guest John John Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: two OS options during startup You're welcome. John Matty wrote: > Done. > Thank you! > > > "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:%23Vw1O9b5HHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > >>As suspected, both of the lines have the same ARC path and both point to >>the same location: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >> >>Remove the second line, the boot.ini file will look like this: >> >>[bootloader] >>timeout=5 >>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>[operating systems] >>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >>Professional' /fastdetect >> >>The boot.ini file is "Read-Only". To save the file after you do the >>changes you will have to remove the Read-Only flag, after you are done put >>the Read-Only flag back on, right-click the file and select properties to >>change the flag. >> >>John >> >> >>Matty wrote: >> >> >>>Boot.ini says: >>> >>>[bootloader] >>>timeout=5 >>>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>[operating systems] >>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >>>Professional' /fastdetect >>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home >>>edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer >>> >>>Do I delete the second OS line or leave it as it is? >>> >>> >>>"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message >>>news:epiyJqa5HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> >>> >>>>Use the MSCONFIG tool and have it check for and remove invalid entries in >>>>the boot.ini file. I think that you are being misled as to the purpose >>>>of the noexecute entry, it is not for what you may be thinking. If you >>>>are certain that other than the name of the operating system the two >>>>lines in the boot.ini file are identical, or that XP Pro starts with its >>>>line, you can safely delete the line pointing to XP Home. >>>> >>>>John >>>> >>>>Matty wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I upgraded from WinXP Home SP2 to WinXP Pro SP2. >>>>> >>>>>Now, when I turn on my compu, I get a black screen first asking me: >>>>> >>>>>Please select the OS to start: >>>>>MS windows XP Pro >>>>>MS windows XP Home >>>>> >>>>>Is that normal when you upgrade from Home to Pro? >>>>>I thought that when I upgraded, that everything would be almost >>>>>seamless - i.e., that my compu will know that I have Pro, and not Home >>>>>and so should not be asking me which OS to start with. >>>>> >>>>>The MS Win XP Home option is useless anyway since the boot.ini has a >>>>>"noexecute" entry for it. >>>>>I thought I actually got two OS after upgrading to Pro (because of the >>>>>startup message) but even when XP Home is selected, XP Pro gets loaded >>>>>anyway. >>>> >>> > >
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