The Advanced Start-Up Menu.


 

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I'm not sure how it happened, but, yesterday, somehow, though I don't know how I did it, I activated something on my computer called an "Advanced Start-Up Menu". I'm wondering if such a menu will harm my computer in any way, and if it will, how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance, everyone!


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It's nothing harmful; it just gives you an extended menu of options when booting up (such as Safe Mode, "last known good configuration," etc). You can usually "activate" it by pressing a certain function key when your computer first boots up.

Sometimes, though, it "activates" itself after a crash. Was your computer rebooting from a crash when you noticed this?

At any rate, there's nothing harmful about the advanced startup menu in and of itself.


 

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That's great news for me and anyone else who also just happens to be, like me, somewhat computer illiterate! Thanks!


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