On Wednesday, December 8, 2004, at 03:08  AM, mneptok wrote:

> This is optional, as holding down the <shift> key during Mac booting
> disables all extensions, control panels and startup items.
>

Ah yes...optional is the key word. Because, if you do this, you are 
disabling "all" the "Macintosh" extensions such as CD-ROM, TCP/IP and 
AppleTalk networking. You might need these in a pinch ;-)

Ron


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