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by talons

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How do I turn off the O/S choice menu at the start up. Don't want to keep having to pick operating system since their both the same.

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by thechas

You need to edit the boot.ini file.

Boot.ini is a hidden file in the root folder of the boot drive.

Most of the time, you get 2 choices because someone attempted to re-install Windows over itself.

For a reference of boot.ini commands, check out your help menu, Microsoft (search on boot.ini),
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/info/bootini.shtml

Remove any spaces from the pasted link.

Chas

by saihib

Right click My Computer\Properties select Advanced. Go to Startup and Recovery select Settings. Set Time to Display Operating Systems to zero.
That's for XP but I think it's the same in Win2K.

by harleydatasun

This works for Windows 2000.

1.Right Click My Computer
2.Select Properties
3.Click the Advanced tab
4.Click the Startup and Recovery... button
5.Uncheck "Display a list of Operating Systems"
6.Click OK
7.Click OK
8.Manually reboot (if you want to see the effects right away)

That should do it.

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