Disabling the "Hit F8 option" during bootup

From: rod (rod@thermodesign.com)
Date: 05/24/02 

From: "rod" <rod@thermodesign.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 08:11:19 -0700

I have to secure a computer running W2000.

I need to disable the "For Troubleshooting and Advanced
Options Hit F8" that appears during bootup.

Going to
System Properties | Advanced | Startup and Recovery or
System Properties | Hardware | Hardware Profiles
and adjusting things seems to have no effect on the "Hit
F8 option".

I do know that in W98 you could add an entry to the
MSDOS.SYS system file to disable this option.

I used the same technique for W2000 and it worked.
However, when I added a MSDOS (W98) boot option to the
boot.ini file it stopped working. The MSDOS.SYS file now
only seems to be read by the MSDOS boot, ie I can disable
the Win Boot logo etc.

Why would the fix work for the single default install OS
boot and not for the duel boot?

Is there a solution out there! I did come across a blurp
on the net regarding replacing the ntldr W2000 file with a
NT4 file. That didn't work either. Is there a ntldr out
there that will work?

Thanks in Advance......

Rod Verge
Control Designer
Thermo Design Engineering Ltd.

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