How do I configure the boot menu to show forever?
John Savill
March 4, 1999
1 Min Read
A. The timeout is changed by editing the boot.ini file which is on the boot partition and changing the timeout parameter:
Start a command session (Start - Run - Command)
Set the attributes on c:boot.ini to non-read and non-system
attrib c:boot.ini -r -sEdit the file and change the timeout to -1
[boot loaded]
timeout = -1Save your changes and set the file back to read only and system
attrib c:boot.ini +r +s
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