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In article <twright-1908981055370001@172.17.4.13>,
twright@spamkiller-remove-me.llplimited.com (Tim Wright) wrote:

> thebeast@nospam.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:
> 
> > If I start up (using Mac OS 8.1) with the Shift key held down, the OS
> > won't load because AppearanceLib is disabled.  Is this a bug or does
> > anyone get different results?
> 
> *boggle* Are you _sure_ about this? We have a number of machines here with
> 8.1 (British) which start up just fine with extensions off!

It's not doing what you think it's doing.  OS 8.1 is designed so that
it will start up properly with the 'shift' key held down -- either it
knows it shouldn't disable the Appearance Manager or it has some sort
of mode which allows it to work without it.  If Steve's machine isn't
booting properly with the 'shift' key held down, something's wrong with
the installation of the System.

As a check I tried it on my PB1400c and a PowerMac G3 today.  Both were
running OS8.1 and both booted correctly.

Simon.
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