Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0, Windows 2000 - NT 5.0, Windows XP - NT
5.1 and
Windows Server 2003 - NT 5.2 all have boot.ini files.

Windows 3.1 and 3.11 have no Safe Mode.

Windows 95 uses F5 or F8.
How Windows 95 Performs a Safe-Mode Start
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;122051

Windows 98 and ME use the Ctrl key or F8.
How to Start a Windows 98-Based Computer in Safe Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;180902

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:AY6dnY0Ae-v1kiHenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@prairiewave.com,
ken <ken@ken.ken> hunted and pecked:
> 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.
>>
>> "riverdogs05" <rwplace@emcs.net> wrote in message
>> news:OALWg9YDGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> 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.