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XP boot time

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/xp-boot-time.148319/

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maxx15 Original post #1
Nov 3, 2011 at 12:33 PM
Hello everyone...
If you use the /sos switch in boot.ini,while the machine boot it shows a blue window which display the xp build number,number of proc.etc....How to remove or disable the display of this blue window to speed up the boot time????plzzz help:)
mithun_mrg
Nov 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM
/SOS switch displays the driver names while they are being loaded u can remove it by editing the boot.ini file but be careful u can op it from
Control Panel>System>Adanced>Startup & Recovery>Settings>Edit
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maxx15 #3
Nov 7, 2011 at 9:59 AM
@mithun_mrg i am not talking about the drivers..I am talking about the blue window which starts during sos boot showing xp build number,max memory,no. of processors...I am not talking of removing the /sos switch from boot.ini..I am talking of removing the blue screen for more fast boot

@MIthun i am not talking of drivers....I am talking of removing the blue screen which displays the xp build number,max. memory, no. of processors etc
mithun_mrg
Nov 7, 2011 at 10:39 AM
click start run msconfig>boot.ini verify none of the options r checked also see if it contains the bootlog /sos switches if possible post a ss here
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maxx15 #5
Nov 7, 2011 at 10:13 PM
I did but still the blue screen loads and shows XP Build number etc..I want to remove the blue screen
d6bmg
d6bmg #6
Nov 7, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Hello everyone...
If you use the /sos switch in boot.ini,while the machine boot it shows a blue window which display the xp build number,number of proc.etc....How to remove or disable the display of this blue window to speed up the boot time????plzzz help:)

go to msconfig, and then see the boot.ini & services auto ram during startup. Un-check any option which you don't need.

This will help you to reduce the boot time of win xp.
mithun_mrg
Nov 8, 2011 at 7:05 AM
@op post the screenshot here
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Nov 8, 2011 at 7:54 AM
For speeding up the Boot time part, try Soluto.
d6bmg
d6bmg #9
Nov 8, 2011 at 8:14 PM
^^ Using 3rd party software(s) make(s) no sense at all.