Ben, thanks for reply.
OP says it goes straight to the 'Windows Setup needs.." message as soon as
he powers up no matter what key he hits. Says has tried all F keys , Ctrl,
and Esc.

"Ben Myers" wrote:

Tell the user to try pressing F2 or F3 during bootup for BIOS setup.
Also, he might try tapping F8 to see if a menu with "Safe Mode
Command Prompt" appears.

Ben