In short, the first section describes the menu you see when you
first boot; the second section here??”Windows Legacy OS Loader??”describes the
older version of Windows (XP); and finally, the third section??”Windows Boot
Loader??”describes your new Vista installation.
If you type bcdedit /? at the prompt, you??™ll see a bunch of command-line
parameters you can use to add or remove entries, choose a new default (the
OS that??™s loaded if you don??™t choose one before the timer runs out), or run a
variety of debugging tools.
But if all you want to do is choose a default and maybe change the timeout,
there??™s a better tool. Open your Start menu, type msconfig in the Search box
and press Enter to open the System Configuration window, and choose the
Boot tab as shown in Figure 1-3.
Here, the easy options are truly self-evident, and the advanced options are at
least accessible. On the right, you can adjust the Timeout from its default of
30 seconds; type 5 here, and you??™ll instantly shave off 25 seconds from your
unattended boot time. (Don??™t use a value so small that you won??™t have time
to change it, lest you set an inoperable installation as the default and have
no way to get around it.)
To choose the default OS, select it in the list and click Set as default. (See
???Make Your Own Windows Startup Logo,??? in Chapter 2, for an example of
when you??™d use the No GUI boot option.) When you??™re done, click OK, and
then restart Windows to see your new settings.
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