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Windows 2000 start up message

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by youngjedi

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I just installed Windows 2000 and I would like to know how to get rid of the "Please select the operation system to start" message when the computer boots up. Any suggestions?

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by timwalsh

While logged on as administrator, go to Control Panel | System icon | Advanced tab | Startup and Recovery button. Uncheck the box titled "Display list of operating systems for x seconds." This will take effect the next time you reboot.

by silverfireiii

There is more than one way to do this. The way I like best is:
1. Make sure your computer is set to show hidden and system files. If not, double click My Computer, Click Tools, Click Folder Options, Click Show hiddenfiles or folders.
2. From thedesktop, double click My computer
3. Double click the drive windows is installed on
4. Right click boot.ini and click properties
5. Make sure read only is not checked
6. click ok
7. open boot.ini with notepad or wordpad
8. change the timeout to 0
9. save the file
10. reboot to make sure it works

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