Adjusting The Boot Menu Delay
Fred! I'm impressed! That tweak of yours to remove the restrictions in the Recovery Console is a good one. (See "Incredibly Useful Tweak" http://langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-05-04.htm#1 ) I installed it, made the registry change, and it works just as it should....
I have but one problem. Now that I've done this, every time I start up the computer, it stops every time and wants to know if I want to start Windows or the Recovery Console. How do I make it always boot straight into Windows? Thanks, Stan
It's an easy tweak, Stan. But before we get there, let me suggest that you probably don't really want it to boot straight to Windows--- for the Recovery Console to be useful, it has to be offered at startup so you can divert to it as needed.
Rather, I suspect what's bugging you is the default delay built into the menu--- 30 seconds--- which I agree is way, way too long.
Fortunately, it's very easy to adjust. For example, I have my delay set to two seconds, so the option to divert to the Recovery Console is there, briefly, if or when I need it, but all the other times, my PC boots to Windows after just that two second delay. And "two seconds" is arbitrary--- you can set the delay to any interval you desire.
There are several ways to do it. Here's one: Right click on My Computer and select Properties/Advanced. In the "startup and recovery" portion of the dialog box, click the "settings" button. In the "system startup" listbox, make sure that Windows is the default option (in other words, make sure that Recovery Console is NOT the default option). Next, set the "time to display" options to a short interval--- two seconds is a good first value. Click OK, and then reboot to see the effects of your changes.
If your initial "time to display" value was too long or too short for your tastes, no problem: Just go back in and make a further adjustment.
When you're done, Windows will be the default selection on the boot menu; and the boot menu delay will be short enough not to be in the way, but long enough so that you can divert to the Recovery Console when you need to.
Piece o' Cake!
(For more nice Recovery Console related tweaks, see #10, below)
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