Can you help me get to my boot.ini file?

[Sam C]

I went through my bios and can't find it. Where should I be looking?

I am trying to shut down hyperthreading.

I am using XP.

Thanks

[AudioAstronomer]

boot.ini is a file in c:\

You have to goto tools->folder options->view and set it to let you view system files and hidden files.

Then you're set to edit.

[Sam C]

Well, I set folder options to see all files. But, I cannot find my boot.ini. A search only finds boot.ini backup.

Help.

[AudioAstronomer]

You have to check "show hidden files and folders"

and uncheck "hide protected operating system files"

Did you do both?

[Sam C]

No I had not because I did not know to. So now I did but I do not see the boot.ini. Where should I be looking?

Thanks

[Sam C]

I found boot config settings. But I don't have the flag option Bob refers to. I guess I really need a step by step. I have two graphs in task manager so it looks like I do have hyperthreading. But I sure cannot figure out the procedure.

Thanks

[AudioAstronomer]

Here's how I do it here...

Hit windows key-E (the flag next to your ctrl key). this opens explorer.

Click My Computer

Click C:

Goto folder options and set the flags the way mentioned before.. Also, uncheck hide extensions for known file types.

No in the C:\ folder you will see boot.ini

Right click on it, select open with.

Select notepad.

Add the flag after your "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" (or similiar) line.

Save, and reboot.

[SoundSuite]

'nuther way:

Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Startup and Recovery > Settings

Then click on Edit to bring up the boot.ini to edit and save.

[AudioAstronomer]

'nuther way:

Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Startup and Recovery > Settings

Then click on Edit to bring up the boot.ini to edit and save.
Any idea why mine would be greyed out there? That method has never worked for me :-\

[SoundSuite]

Does your user have admin rights, or 'is' your user 'Administrator'?
My login 'is' Administrator, ...name and rights.

I've noticed on some machines, you have to boot up hitting F8 to choose Safe Mode, then login 'as' Administrator to get to some 'config things' in XP.
I therefore just use default 'Administrator' on all my machines for 'my' user.
I am the only user of these machines.
I have no need to limit my logins like some others do, or have multiple logins, one for each in the family, so for me it's not a bad gig having only Administrator and guest accounts, with guest disabled.

Also, I use XP Pro, you have Home, by chance?


Other than those two guesses, no clue man :(

[AudioAstronomer]

All my machine's are admin... I only have 1 machine with home, 2 with pro... rest are linux :-D

Hrm... very odd. I can access it in safemode though.

[Sam C]

O.K. I am close. I have the line that states multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\Windows="MicroSoft Windows xp Home Edition"/fastdetect

What exactly should I ad at the end? If you just say flag I do not know what that is, sorry.

Thanks!

[Bob L]

Add a space followed by /ONECPU

Bob L