Windows 10: Stuck on "Press any Key to Continue"

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Hi Nathan,


Just had a breakthrough.


I used the recommended from Flightsimulator.zendesk.com

which was

If you are experiencing slow download speed when downloading Microsoft Flight Simulator, please do the following:

• In the Windows search bar, type Command and look for ‘Command Prompt’
• In the menu select “Run as administrator”
• Enter: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal
• Press enter
• Reboot your computer

We also recommend doing the following:

• Close the app and restart it rather than letting it hang. Note: the download will resume from where it left off you will not have to download from the start again
• Avoid using WiFi when updating. Try using an ethernet cable instead.
• Turn off any security software that may be interfering UAC, Antivirus, Firewall.
• Change the installation repository from C: to D: for instance or try creating a new installation folder in the drive of your choice for instance create "MSFS" in your C: drive

Used task manager to close MSF 2020

completely shut down machine,

Restarted, went to start, pressed icon for MSF 2020 and it started to download content, so far so good
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this did not solve my problem

still stuck on 'press any key'

:)

 

Booting without press any key

@dhievm go ahead and list the model number that gives exact specs/info.


Does it stop right at the Toshiba logo and sit there? Will it sit forever til you press a key, or will it eventually work after so long?

 

Press F1 to continue!

Okay, this is what is on the "Press-F1 screen":

Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Phoenix Technologies, LTD

K8M800-M7 A (K8M8M111 BS)

Main Processor : AMD Athlon (tm) 64 Processor 3200+
Memory Testing : 1047552K OK + 1M TSeg memory

IDE Channel 0 Master : DVDRW 16X16X YTS1
IDE Channel 0 Slave : None
IDE Channel 1 Master : None
IDE Channel 1 Slave : WDE WD2500BB-55GUC0 08.02D08

IDE Channel 2 Master : None
***Floppy disk(s) fail (40)one***




Press F8 to Enable System Configuration
Press F9 to Select Booting Device after POST
Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP
01/11/2007-K8M800-8237-6A7L1B0SC-00

I'm going to try some of the things that you guys suggested now.

Well, I figured out what was wrong. It took all of about 2min. of investigation, LOLz. I just never took the time to try to figure it out because it really didn't bother me to press F1.

Thanks for the help guys!

 

Stuck in safe mode in windows 10

Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all problems within an operating system, it's not good if we got stuck on it. To correct this, we suggest that you follow the steps below to exit out of Safe mode:

• Open Run command by pressing Windows key + R
  keys on the keyboard and type msconfig in the command box and press
  Enter.
• Under General tab, put a check on Normal Startup option.
• Reboot the system and check if the changes are effective.

Let us know if you are able to exit out of Safe mode with these steps.