Microsoft KB Archive/130859

= Windows NT Does Not Display the Startup Boot Menu =

Article ID: 130859

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q130859



SYMPTOMS
When you run set Show List For 0 Seconds, Windows NT does not display the boot menu, and automatically boots the default operating system. If you set the default operating system to MS-DOS, and set Show List For 0 Seconds, you won't be able to boot Windows NT.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the following procedure to edit the BOOT.INI file:


 * 1) Boot MS-DOS remove the file attributes from the BOOT.INI file with the following command:

attrib -s -r boot.ini
 * 1) Use a text editor to edit the BOOT.INI file.
 * 2) Change the time-out value to something greater than zero.
 * 3) Save the BOOT.INI file.
 * 4) Put the system and read-only attributes back on the BOOT.INI file by running the following command:

attrib +s +r boot.ini
 * 1) Restart the computer.

Additional query words: prodnt 3.10 time out timeout

Keywords: kbprb KB130859

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