Other versions of Windows don't have or use a boot.ini file.

"riverdogs05" <rwplace@emcs.net> wrote in message
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> nXP SP.
> I am registered in multiple antivirus, antispyware and antimalware forums.
> In these forums they recommend that to go into safe mode that you reboot
> and then start continuously tapping on the PF8 key.
> I found that that doesn't always work.
> Then I found that if you edit 'boot.ini' and reset the time-out value from
> 0 to 10, you can reboot and when it starts timing down from 10 you can hit
> PF8 once and get into safe mode.
> My question is would this procedure work in other versions of Windows and
> if so which versions.
>
> If possible, I would like to recommend this simpler procedure in the
> forums in which I am registered.
>