setup runs with every boot

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Mary Anne <Mary Anne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I've got a computer Pentium II, 266 Mhz with Windows 95. At the moment, every
>time I turn on the computer and the boot is starting, it goes straight to
>Setup and doesn't even show: to run setup press del.
>
>To leave it, I can click on save without change and go to Windows 95. But I
>don't want the system going straight to setup and what's doing the boot go
>there?
>
>Please, help, help !!!!

Look for a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of drive C:
and delete it.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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Check for a dead CMOS battery. That battery keeps the BIOS information up
to date when the computer is off.
Most modern computers use a CMOS battery that looks like a large watch
battery (about the size of a US nickel). Replace that battery and see if
it helps. The Battery should not be expensive.

"Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
news:ueTnQtD$EHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Are you referring to BIOS setup, where you make changes about the
> machine's hardware configuration and disk drives, etc? If you are being
> taken straight to that sort of setup it's because the machine has detected
> some inconsistency in this information, or an error occurred during
> startup testing, such as a memory error. You need to check that the BIOS
> information exactly matches the hardware components in the machine, and
> you need to use diagnostic software to confirm that it's all working
> properly.
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> "Mary Anne" <Mary Anne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4337C1FC-E6FE-469E-9EA9-10297A06FD2C@microsoft.com...
>> I've got a computer Pentium II, 266 Mhz with Windows 95. At the moment,
>> every
>> time I turn on the computer and the boot is starting, it goes straight to
>> Setup and doesn't even show: to run setup press del.
>>
>> To leave it, I can click on save without change and go to Windows 95. But
>> I
>> don't want the system going straight to setup and what's doing the boot
>> go
>> there?
>>
>> Please, help, help !!!!
>
>