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(default) Message in BOOT.INI Causes STOP Message (0x0000006B)

Article ID: 113542

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

This article was previously published under Q113542

SYMPTOMS

The entry "NT (default)" is erroneously added to the Windows NT flexboot menu. Selecting it results in this STOP message:

STOP: 0x0000006B

CAUSE

There is a trailing space at the end of the DEFAULT= line in the [boot loader] section of BOOT.INI.

RESOLUTION

Use an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad, to remove any spaces at the end of the DEFAULT= line. This removes the NT (default) entry in the Windows NT flexboot menu, thus eliminating the STOP message.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt trap multiboot debug kernel blue

Keywords: kbother KB113542