bootloader - timeout setting ignored

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I posted this last week, but got no replies that lead to solutions.
Maybe my OP got lost in the weekend's volume and there are now more
MVPs reading....

I want a five-second timeout for the boot options screen, but the
screen does not time out. It waits forever, or until I hit enter,
whichever comes first. There is no countdown. Before installing
the Recovery Console, it worked fine. Here's my current
C:\boot.ini :

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /sos
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
 
The " /sos" has nothing to do with his timeout problem - it just tells the
bootloader to display all the drivers as they are loading. All my machines
have /sos with a 2 second delay and the RC option, and they work fine.
 
The " /sos" has nothing to do with his timeout problem - it just tells the
bootloader to display all the drivers as they are loading. All my machines
have /sos with a 2 second delay and the RC option, and they work fine.
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Thanks again, Admiral.
 
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