set default boot order

I have XP installed on my C drive and Vista installed on a different physical drive namely D. When I boot the PC the default choice is Vista and unless I am present to select the "earlier version of Windows" option I have to reboot to get to Vista. I guess I need to tinker with the Boot.ini file but don't know what to do. can anybody help please? TIA
Colin

The easiest way is to download VistaBootPro from http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php It can change the boot order, the delay before timeout, and you can edit the entries for easier recognition. It does a whole lot more. It can do this from XP or Vista.
"corkyboy" wrote in message

I have XP installed on my C drive and Vista installed on a different physical drive namely D. When I boot the PC the default choice is Vista and unless I am present to select the "earlier version of Windows" option I have to reboot to get to Vista. I guess I need to tinker with the Boot.ini file but don't know what to do. can anybody help please? TIA
Colin

This is a great program, and their support forum is the best - they worked with me all day yesterday until I finally got my machine to do what it was supposed to do - you can make either your default program - and set the time the ''selection'' screen remains.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

The easiest way is to download VistaBootPro from http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php It can change the boot order, the delay before timeout, and you can edit the entries for easier recognition. It does a whole lot more. It can do this from XP or Vista.
"corkyboy" wrote in message I have XP installed on my C drive and Vista installed on a different physical drive namely D. When I boot the PC the default choice is Vista and unless I am present to select the "earlier version of Windows" option I have to reboot to get to Vista. I guess I need to tinker with the Boot.ini file but don't know what to do. can anybody help please? TIA
Colin

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:18:23 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

The easiest way is to download VistaBootPro from http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php It can change the boot order, the delay before timeout, and you can edit the entries for easier recognition. It does a whole lot more. It can do this from XP or Vista.

VistaBootPro is no longer the "easiest" way to do what OP asks, is it? Starting with build 5384.4, you can change the default OS and the default delay from within Vista. The only extra significant functionality that VistaBootPro now seems to offer is the ability to change the displayed names of the operating systems that appear on the multi-boot menu.
Sorry, I'm not in Vista as I type this, but if memory serves, it's just like in XP -- System Properties/Advanced/Startup and Recovery/Settings. In XP there was also an option here to manually edit boot.ini, and that's absent in Vista ('cause there is no boot.ini). One therefore no longer has the option to change the displayed name of the OS, but even that might be added before Vista goes gold.

"corkyboy" wrote in message I have XP installed on my C drive and Vista installed on a different physical drive namely D. When I boot the PC the default choice is Vista and unless I am present to select the "earlier version of Windows" option I have to reboot to get to Vista. I guess I need to tinker with the Boot.ini file but don't know what to do. can anybody help please? TIA
Colin

VistaBootPro is not a boot manager. It is a boot configuration data editor. If you have not yet encountered Boot Configuration Data, then google it and catch the highlights.
"milleron" wrote in message

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:18:23 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst" colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote:
The easiest way is to download VistaBootPro from http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php It can change the boot order, the delay before timeout, and you can edit the entries for easier recognition. It does a whole lot more. It can do this from XP or Vista.
VistaBootPro is no longer the "easiest" way to do what OP asks, is it? Starting with build 5384.4, you can change the default OS and the default delay from within Vista. The only extra significant functionality that VistaBootPro now seems to offer is the ability to change the displayed names of the operating systems that appear on the multi-boot menu.
Sorry, I'm not in Vista as I type this, but if memory serves, it's just like in XP -- System Properties/Advanced/Startup and Recovery/Settings. In XP there was also an option here to manually edit boot.ini, and that's absent in Vista ('cause there is no boot.ini). One therefore no longer has the option to change the displayed name of the OS, but even that might be added before Vista goes gold.
"corkyboy" wrote in message I have XP installed on my C drive and Vista installed on a different physical drive namely D. When I boot the PC the default choice is Vista and unless I am present to select the "earlier version of Windows" option I have to reboot to get to Vista. I guess I need to tinker with the Boot.ini file but don't know what to do. can anybody help please? TIA
Colin

Control Panel, System, Adv Sys Settings, Advanced, Start-up and Recovery(settings), System Start-up...select either Vista(Microsoft Windows" or "Earlier Version of Windows"
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:07:01 -0700, corkyboy wrote:

I have XP installed on my C drive and Vista installed on a different physical drive namely D. When I boot the PC the default choice is Vista and unless I am present to select the "earlier version of Windows" option I have to reboot to get to Vista. I guess I need to tinker with the Boot.ini file but don't know what to do. can anybody help please? TIA
Colin

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:02:04 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

VistaBootPro is not a boot manager. It is a boot configuration data editor. If you have not yet encountered Boot Configuration Data, then google it and catch the highlights.

I know exactly what it is. What in my response led you to believe that I think it's a boot manager? In Beta 2, as opposed to the immediately preceding builds, it's now possible to edit two of the options withOUT resorting to VistaBootPro. If you want to rename the displayed options, you still need VistaBootPro, but you do NOT need it to do what OP wanted to do?

"milleron" wrote in message On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:18:23 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst" colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote:
The easiest way is to download VistaBootPro from http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php It can change the boot order, the delay before timeout, and you can edit the entries for easier recognition. It does a whole lot more. It can do this from XP or Vista.
VistaBootPro is no longer the "easiest" way to do what OP asks, is it? Starting with build 5384.4, you can change the default OS and the default delay from within Vista. The only extra significant functionality that VistaBootPro now seems to offer is the ability to change the displayed names of the operating systems that appear on the multi-boot menu.
Sorry, I'm not in Vista as I type this, but if memory serves, it's just like in XP -- System Properties/Advanced/Startup and Recovery/Settings. In XP there was also an option here to manually edit boot.ini, and that's absent in Vista ('cause there is no boot.ini). One therefore no longer has the option to change the displayed name of the OS, but even that might be added before Vista goes gold.
"corkyboy" wrote in message I have XP installed on my C drive and Vista installed on a different physical drive namely D. When I boot the PC the default choice is Vista and unless I am present to select the "earlier version of Windows" option I have to reboot to get to Vista. I guess I need to tinker with the Boot.ini file but don't know what to do. can anybody help please? TIA
Colin