Windows boot.ini /sos parameter

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Howard wrote:

> When Windows boot.ini file is booted with the sos parameter included -
> Windows displays the drivers that are installed during boot up for about a
> half second - must to quick to view them adequately
>
> Question: (1) Is there any way to slow down or pause this booting process
> so that you can view this list of installed drivers or (2) in the alternative
> does Windows display this list of installed drivers in some other file that
> the user can view
>
> Thank you in advance for any replys

For a list of devices look for a "System Information" link on your start
menu, use type "msinfo32" in the "Run" popup or search for msinfo32.exe.

You can get a nice report with a number of add on utilities, one of
which is the free "Everest Home Edition" http://www.lavalys.com/

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Try using the /bootlog switch in the boot.ini

This will log the loaded drivers from strartup to the windows directory as
in the ntbtlog.txt file.

"Howard" <Howard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When Windows boot.ini file is booted with the sos parameter included -
> Windows displays the drivers that are installed during boot up for about a
> half second - must to quick to view them adequately
>
> Question: (1) Is there any way to slow down or pause this booting process
> so that you can view this list of installed drivers or (2) in the
> alternative
> does Windows display this list of installed drivers in some other file
> that
> the user can view
>
> Thank you in advance for any replys

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"RobertVA" wrote:

> Howard wrote:
>
> > When Windows boot.ini file is booted with the sos parameter included -
> > Windows displays the drivers that are installed during boot up for about a
> > half second - must to quick to view them adequately
> >
> > Question: (1) Is there any way to slow down or pause this booting process
> > so that you can view this list of installed drivers or (2) in the alternative
> > does Windows display this list of installed drivers in some other file that
> > the user can view
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any replys
>
> For a list of devices look for a "System Information" link on your start
> menu, use type "msinfo32" in the "Run" popup or search for msinfo32.exe.
>
> You can get a nice report with a number of add on utilities, one of
> which is the free "Everest Home Edition" http://www.lavalys.com/

The list of drivers supplied by System Information\Software
Environment\System Drivers contains a list of drivers with a lot of relevant
info but does not really provide a concise list of drivers that specifically
load on startup like the ntbtlog.txt file does (ntbtlog.txt file pathway is
C:\WINDOWS\ntbtlog.txt)

See reply posted by Manny Borges