Here's our Windows NT Tip for.. December 4, 2001
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Checking Up On Your Start Up
If you need to see what drivers are being loaded as Windows NT 4.0 starts, you can use Boot.INI to tell NT to display the drivers.

When you edit the Boot.INI file, you need to first make sure you have a backup of the current file. Here's what we do: We rename Boot.INI to Boot.TXT. Next, open Boot.TXT with NotePad and make the changes. Finally, choose File|Save As, then select All Files from the Save As Type list box. Now name the file Boot.INI and save it. This keeps your original file in the form of Boot.TXT.

To display the drivers during start up, add

/SOS

to the Windows NT line. Your line should resemble the one shown here.

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00" /SOS

Now save the file as Boot.INI and restart your computer to see the drivers loading during start up.