"High Plains Thumper" <highplainsthumper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> waterskidoo on Tuesday
>>> Tim Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> This comment of Roy's from a Digg thread on weird Windows
>>>> error messages explains why he makes so many mistakes
>>>> about Windows:
>>>>
>>>> This is as brilliant as this new screenshot from Vista
>>>> (seriously): http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4755/1002398ii4.jpg
>>>>
>>>> He can't tell the difference between Vista and the BIOS.
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.digg.com/microsoft/Your_Password_Must
>>>> _Be_at_Least_17_145_Characters>
>>>
>>> That's a BIOS hit for sure. Could just be no keyboard
>>> plugged in and the setting in BIOS is for an installed
>>> keyboard. Could also be a defective keyboard, or a stuck
>>> key.
>>
>> I was quoting the context in which this was found. I knew very
>> well when I wrote this that it was most likely BIOS (It
>> doesn't have to be), but the person who posted this photo said
>> it was a Vista PC.
>
> Perhaps, but there is an option in most BIOS, "Halt on all errors except
> keyboard". Haven't tried it lately, but some of the mobo's with earlier
> BIOS would boot up without the keyboard.
>
> One problem or discrepancy I see with the graphic is this. If one's
> keyboard has failed, how does one hit <F1> or <F2> to enter BIOS setup?
Ask your nym "Rafael" - he's smart smarter than an idiot like you. I'm sure
that Rafael (or one of your other nyms) can figure this out.
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