Microsoft KB Archive/131603

= Disabling the Timer for Windows NT Boot Loader =

Article ID: 131603

Article Last Modified on 2/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q131603



SUMMARY
You can configure the Windows NT Boot Loader to pause indefinitely by editing the BOOT.INI and changing timeout value to -1. The following example shows the BOOT.INI after this change is made:

[boot loader] timeout=-1 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT35

This change cannot be made through Control Panel, because the valid values are 0-999. Any attempt to modify this value with a negative number produces the following error in versions 3.5 and 3.51:

Invalid Timeout Entry

In Windows NT version 4.0, you will receive the following error:

Insufficient memory for this operation;

Close one or more windows applications to increase available memory

Additional query words: prodnt 3.10

Keywords: KB131603

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