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139015 2003-04-26 09:50:00 In order to save battery power, I've set my computer so that Word will load as soon as Windows 98 stops booting up.

Usually this is good, but occasionally I don't want Word to start.

Is there a keyboard combination I can use to stop Word from opening?
Sereena (3678)
139016 2003-04-26 10:29:00 I know this worked in really old Windows versions (like 3 . x) - hold down SHIFT while windows is booting (AFTER the first Win98 splash screen displays) until Windows finishes booting . . .

hopefully it works for more recent versions :)

HTH

Mike .
Mike (15)
139017 2003-04-26 10:44:00 > In order to save battery power, I've set my computer
> so that Word will load as soon as Windows 98 stops
> booting up.

I really don't think it would have any significant effect on the battery use of a laptop, if it loaded after by clicking an icon. Its doing all the same operations disk-wise.
godfather (25)
139018 2003-04-26 11:25:00 In order to save battery power... now this is a new one to me.

In all reality, the 30 seconds absolute max it could take your PC, most PC's wouldnt even drop a quarter of a percentage, so in reality, its not worth the bother.

Turn down the brightness if anything when its on batteries, or set it to turn off the HDD after 3 mins of inactivity instead to save power :-)

Cheers


Chilling_Silence
Chilling_Silently (228)
139019 2003-04-26 11:36:00 aah yes it will godfather, there will be those few crucial seconds before the person gets round to opening up Word. ;)

Personally I wouldn't have it start on bootup and I find that it usually slows the complete loading of windows.
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