After black "setup" screen another black screen comes on

[pineapplejeani]

Over the past week I've been fixing my mom's pc which was LOADED with viruses, trojans spyware etc.  You name it she had it, I think.   Thanks to evilfantasy it seems to be back to normal except for this one thing.  He told me to ask you over here on this forum.  I did a search as directed but couldn't find my exact problem:

When I load windows now, after the black "setup" screen another screen comes on asking me to select Windows XP Professional or Window XP Home edition.  Pro is highlighted and there is a countdown timer that says something like "the highlighted item will be selected in XX seconds or press enter".  How can I bypass that?  It's a minor inconvenience after what I just went through with the malware but if mom has to click something that might get her in trouble...I have a feeling she'll manage it

Thanks in advance.
Jeani

[pineapplejeani]

PS. It's a Dell Intel Celeron 2.53GHz w 256RAM running Windows XP pro w/ SP3

[Dusty]

That's the dual-boot selection screen displayed by the Ntldr.   Edit your Boot.ini file using sysdm.cpl to delete the line which refers to Windows XP Home Edition..  MS Kb289022 is the reference and is found here.. Please do not omit the back-up of Boot.ini before you amend it.

Note that this does not remove XP Home from the hdd, just stops the dual-boot screen from appearing.

Good luck

[pineapplejeani]

That was easier than I thought it would be.  Thanks!

[Dusty]

Thanks for coming back to report your success.