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Old September 9th, 2004, 05:21 AM
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script/keys to auto restart in safe mode

Ok, here is one that has pestered myself and other guys at work, we have got xp to restart in safe mode from within windows ( we dont like standing around waiting to press F8, usually miss it) But doesnt work right fully, anyone got this to work? Im wide open to suggestions.
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Old September 9th, 2004, 04:26 PM
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Open MSCONFIG, goto the BOOT.INI tab and check the SOS option.
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Old September 9th, 2004, 06:12 PM
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Ah, see thats the thing......we want it a one button thing. We knew about that though.
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Old September 9th, 2004, 06:53 PM
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You could create a batch file to replace the boot.ini file with a version including the SOS switch.
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