All versions based on the NT kernel have the boot.ini file. NT 3.5, NT
4, 2000, XP, 2003

Jerry wrote:
> Other versions of Windows don't have or use a boot.ini file.
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> "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.
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>>If possible, I would like to recommend this simpler procedure in the
>>forums in which I am registered.
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