timer on boot menu

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Somehow the timer function on the boot menu for my system has dissapeared.
What could cause this?

In other words, it shows Windows xp, and Windows 2000, but it doesn't
automatically start one of them after 'x' seconds.

How to fix this?

Thanks for any help.

Scott Baxter

 

[Rich Barry]

Rt click on MyComputer>select Properties>Advanced>Startup and
Recovery-Settings>Make sure that the Time to Display List of Operation
Systems Box is checked and the value is at least 10-30 seconds.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Start/run C:\boot.ini, look at the line "timeout=". If set to 3 or less, the
boot menu will not show. If missing, it will not timeout.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org