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"Default" selection on NT4.0 boot loader

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by del smith

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When I reboot my NT 4.0 server and the NT boot loader comes up it has a selection called "Default" under the usual NT 4.0 Operating System and NT 4.0 Operating System (VGA Mode) selection. The biggest problem is that this is the default selection and the timer for OS load does not run in the usual manner. This is a concern to me becuase if I remotely reboot the server it does not automatically come back up because of this. Any ideas? By the way the boot.ini does not show this line.

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by penguin2k

Hello There!!!
Just go to
Control panel>System>Startup/Shutdown menu. Then you can see there System start box. Select the the correct settings you like.

Goodluck... Hope this will help

by mpdcsup

Looks like you're boot.ini is hosed. Compare it to the following:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server Version 4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server Version 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos

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