B.50. Lab B.50: Boot to a Good Configuration
This lab requires a Windows XP workstation.
Occasionally, the operating system settings on a workstation become so corrupted that the system does not properly boot. When this happens with Windows XP settings, you can choose to boot into the last known good configuration. In Microsoft-speak, this is equal to the settings that were in existence the last time a user was able to successfully log into the system (in other words, before the degradation occurred).
This lab walks through the steps of booting into the last known good configuration:
Allow the system to restart and watch for the BIOS settings to appear. As soon as they clear, press F8.
A menu of operating system choices appears. If there is only ...
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