If you dual boot your PC using Windows XP’s dual boot process, you can reduce the timeout period your PC uses before booting to the default OS. This tweak is useful if you boot to the default OS most of the time and only boot to the other OS’s on a limited basis.
1)Locate and Open the hidden file “boot.ini” in notepad or your favorite text editor. This file will likely be in the root directory on the boot partition of your “master” HD. For example, mine is located in “C:\boot.ini” even though I have Win98 loaded on this partition and the boot.ini file was generated when I loaded WinXP on “D:/” Read More»
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By default, Windows Vista is the OS you will boot up in if you decide not to push anything at the boot-selection screen. However, this setting is changeable for those who would much rather have their earlier version of Windows become the default OS. You might be wondering why someone would want to do that? For instance, my brother is a very hardcore gamer but unfortunately, there is no driver support for my video card on Vista. Because he uses this computer more often than I do, the default OS on this particular PC is set to XP.
Now, let’s modify the default OS to start at bootup. First, go to Start Menu, right click on my computer, and choose properties. Read More»
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