[napergman]

I am trying to find out what the keyboard shortcut is to prevent a program from loading at startup. In this case, I want Windows to boot but I don't want a POS application to load. I know that there are two keys that you hold down during boot but I can't remember which two.

Thanks

 

[napergman]

Thanks for your input. Unfortunately, this is not what I am seeking. I am very familiar with using the msconfig approach. The keyboard shortcuts I am seeking would be used for as follows:
1. PC is running an Application such as POS software. In this case, the user is unable to get to a Windows desktop. When the pc boots it automatically loads this app.

2. Using Alt-Ctrl-Del, the pc is rebooted. As soon as the POST messages appear, these two shortcut keys (ctrl+shft?) are held down continuously. This action prevents the POS app from loading resulting in the Windows desktop.

I have encountered this in two cases. In both cases, these POS's were configured using WinPE. Is this possibly a WinPE feature?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[napergman]

Shekka. Thanks for your suggestion. The issue is not that the pc won't start (which your link was addressing) but that I want to prevent an application (e.g. POS app) from loading. I want to system to boot to the normal Windows desktop (and load anti-virus and other "basic" apps. I want to have interactive control; a boot (restart) time decision. I can't use msconfig to do this as others have suggested as I would have to change it each time which is not conducive to making changes on the fly.

I have a demo disk coming from a POS SW provider. Once I get it, I will read the documentation and experiment and let the group know what I found (if that is ok with the Moderators of this subject).