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Both answers were good. Thanks. It was sop long ago where I read that. Thanks again.
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If I recall back in Windows XP I was told if you shut down and re-boot instead of just restarting it will set the system defaults back to the original settings?
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If I recall back in Windows XP I was told if you shut down and re-boot instead of just restarting it will set the system defaults back to the original settings?

system default settings

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

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Windows OS

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