OT: Windows bootup-screen thingy

[Ragnarok-X]

heya,
a day ago i applied a windows hotfix to my windows XP.
Until then, i started my computer and it automaticly entered windows.
Now, with the hotfix, it shows the BIOS boot screen etc. and then stops at some menu where you can/must manually choose which system to boot. You wait for a time to 0 and it will start the OS the top of the menu automaticly.

Anyone knows how to restore the original setup, without the manual launch menu ?!

[geoschmo]

Does this help?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306559
Specifying the Default Operating System for Startup
If you have more than one operating system on your computer, you can set the operating system that you want to use as the default one for when you start your computer: • Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.
• On the Advanced tab, under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
• Under System startup, in the Default operating system list, click the operating system that you want to start when you turn on or restart your computer.
• Select the Display list of operating systems for check box, and then type the number of seconds for which you want the list displayed before the default operating system starts automatically.

To manually edit the boot options file, click Edit. Microsoft strongly recommends that you do not modify the boot options file (Boot.ini), because doing so may render your computer unusable.

[Ragnarok-X]

Worked. Ty.

Anyone know to fix long shutdown-times ? Im not talking about a long wait at the blue "windows is shutting down"-screen, but about 30 seconds of time between you clicking the shut down button and the blue shutting down screen actually appearing.
I installed a hotfix meant to fix certain OS not utilizing dualcores but i guess i somehow messed up. My system isnt running faster, but slower thanks to the horrible shutdown thingy.

[NullAshton]

That's because Windows does several things at shutdown, like erase the page file.

Download tunexp.com, I've used it before. It alters certain settings in the registry, as well as defragmenting boot files and moving them towards the front of the drive, for much faster startup and shutdown times.

But if it hangs before the shut down screen, it's probably one of your programs that takes a long time to shut down. Steam does this for some reason, and usually Windows complains that it's not responding before it shuts down.

[Azselendor]

I found this from here : http://www.techiwarehouse.com/cms/en...ge_id=37630212

[Will]

NullAshton said:
That's because Windows does several things at shutdown, like erase the page file.

While Windows technically does do this, it isn't something that will cause a delay in shutting down. By default, it just removes the reference to the file from the filesystem. There is an option that zeros out the page file (manually writing a null byte to all bytes of the pagefile, probably more than once), however this happens while the "Windows is shutting down..." screen is up. IIRC, it's only an option in NT, Win2kPro/Server, WinXPPro, and Win2k3 Server. If the option is enabled, you will notice. At a former job I had a workstation with "only" 1GB pagefile, and it took about 30 minutes to go from the shutdown screen to power-off.

If there is a delay between hitting the power button and the shutdown screen, it is caused by an excess of running programs and services, or programs that do not quit nicely. One in particular I have noticed is Norton AV. It always takes about 10 or so seconds for its processes to finally exit cleanly.