why does my pc boot up to click f1 to setup and f2 to use default settings and then it goes back to Jan 1 2003
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I'm guessing by the sounds of it you have a dead CMOS battery. It's a little battery(looks like a watch battery) that keeps all that info like the system clock stored when you have the computer turned off. If that was to die you would be getting messages like this. I reccomend you replace it(if you know what you are doing) or bring it to a computer store and have them do it and it should fix the problem.
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you might wanna try to go into your bios and see if the boot from hard drive is still enabled. you might have it booting up from your cd rom drive or something
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Better re-install. Or restore system the easiest way.\n\nClick Start/Program/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore\nFollow guide line and you are done.\n\nThis the easiest and safest way if you want your PC back to previous settings.\n\nnihon94@yahoo.com
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simply restart your computer. this will reset all of it's default settings.
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Yep, that's a common problem with SP2 (though I will tell you I didn't have it on any of the computers that I support or my personal computers).  However there are two things you can do.  One is two boot your computer into safe mode, at the BIOS splash screen keep pressing F8 until you get boot options , then select Safe Mode, if you can get into Windows with safe mode then it is likely a driver related issue and could very easily be caused by a BIOS update.\n\nThe other thing is to uninstall SP2, Microsoft has more information on how to do that, http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350\n\nIE 7 is currently in Beta 2 form while better than Beta 1 it still isn't ready for prime time.  There are still a small few issues to work out so I would wait for the fine version of IE 7 before you get it.  I'm glad the system restore worked out for you but until you can figure out what is causing the problem with SP2 (I'm still guessing the BIOS update) you are better off without it.\n\nThere are also some security issues with IE 7 as well.
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you have to change your bios to boot from your CD.  When you computer starts up pay attention to the bottom of your screen.  It should say something like press Del to enter setup or press F2 to enter setup.  Whatever key it says to press, press it when you see those instructions.  Then you have to find the area in your bios that says boot order or boot.ini and go there.  It will probably be set up to boot Floppy, Hard Drive, CDrom.  You have to change the order so that CDrom is the first option.  That means your computer will use your CD to startup and not your floppy or hard drive.  SO, change it to CDrom first and then save your settings.  Restart your computer and it will say Press any key to boot from CD... then press any key.  After that, follow the instructions and your good to go.  \n\nDon't forget to change your bios back to the original Startup order.  Floppy, hard drive, cdrom.  Good luck!
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Check your start up programs.\nSTART > RUN > type MSCONFIG > STARTUP uncheck things you really do not started at Boot up.
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Try this site:\nhttp://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software/windows/dual/index.html\n\nI know your using winxp and not 2000...but it should be useful\n\nor you could get a boot manager here:\n\nhttp://www.osloader.com/
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Re-boot your comp and change to old settings
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don't need the boot-CD. \n\nJust: Start - Programs - Accessoires - System Tools - System restore (and choose a date and follow the wizard)
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First you need to get into the bios at bootup.  To do this boot the pc, hit the F10 key as soon as the pc boots up.  This will take you into the bios.  This applies to most compaq and hp computers, but some do use the F2 or F6 keys to get into the bios.\n\nNext go to the Advanced tab to go the advanced options.  Then go to the Boot Order option.  From here you can reset the boot options.  \n\nFrom there go to the first boot option will probably will be the Floppy Diskette by default.  Highlight the first boot option and you can either hit enter and it will give you a selection of what to boot to first, there you would select the Cd drive to boot from first.\n\nAnother way to change the boot order is to use the + and - buttons to move the boot order up and down.  You can select the Cd drive and hit the + button to move it up to the First boot option.\nThese should be able to change the boot order and there should be on-screen instructions to help guide you through these steps.\n\nAfter you have change the boot order select the F12 key to save the changes to the boot order.  Select yes to save settings and the computer will reboot after that. Then put in the Cd you want to put in and it will boot off the Cd first.\n\nIf you want to reset the boot options back to the default settings restart the computer and hit the F10 key to go back into the bios.  Hit the F10 key again to reset the bios to default settings.  Then hit the F12 key to save the settings and the pc will reboot from there.  This should resolve your problem.  Best of luck
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run an msconfig....press start...press run...type in msconfig...press ok....look for the startup tab and open it up....then look at all the files etc that open when you start your pc...choose which you want to start up and which you dont...click on apply when you have made your choices and restart your pc...when it restarts you will get a message to say you have run a system configuration....put a tick in the little box and click ok...alls well that ends well
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Start>run>msconfig\n\nYou can set it through there.
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When your computer is getting itself going, the BIOS usually places a brief message on the screen telling you how to activate the BIOS setup menu to show up. The message might say something like this: "Press F2 for setup." (F2 is just used as an example.)\n\n   The idea is simple, but the execution sometimes can be frustrating. You have to press the key before the BIOS finishes starting up the PC. I usually get my timing right, but sometimes I have to keep hitting the right key a few dozen times before the BIOS notices all my efforts. \n\nOnce you are in your BIOS toggle through the screens until you see where you can can disable your L1 and L2 Caches.\n\nExit and Save.\n\nYour caches will be disabled.
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Seems like you were using Automatic login feature.\n\nJust restart your computer by pressing the Reset button once. \n\nYour PC should bootup and login automatically. If this is not working, post again. We can try more ways.
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Forget the previous answer\n\nyou need to boot from CD\ngo to bios (Press F2 in booting) and there you should make CD the first boot in order.\nand follow the on-screen of Windows Setup instructions
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It depends on the operating system. The best way is to edit the boot.ini. The link below explains it.