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Booting issue option for vista or older version of windows?

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hondaguyjoe   08-12-2008 at 04:43:28 PM

Im about done building my first computer and Im having a small issue with it booting up. During startup/booting I am always asked if I want to start vista or an older version of windows. It is automatically defaulted to select vista after 30sec.

I used a fresh copy of vista it was an oem package. Everything else works great. Is there away for it to skip this, so my machine will startup faster with out me having to babysit it and select vista everytime. It will startup to vist all on its own but theres that stupid 30sec pause to allow you to select an older version of windows. Ive never actually tried it to see what it would do.

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Zoron   08-12-2008 at 06:03:43 PM
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Did you already have an OS installed when you installed Vista?

------------------------------ Desktop: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit; Intel Q6600 CPU; E-VGA 780i SLI motherboard; E-VGA E-GeForce 8800GT; OCZ Vista 4GB dual-channel kit; Ultra X2 750W power supply; 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB in RAID 0. Laptop: Acer Aspire 8730-6314;
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pat mcgroin   08-15-2008 at 01:15:46 AM
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goto run msconfig|boot and change the timeout to whatever you want.
It defaults to 30 seconds
Leave a couple of seconds in case you want to use the other op sys


Message edited by pat mcgroin on 08-15-2008 at 01:16:15 AM
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