.bat file to change boot.ini, timeout to 0

One of the more sensible posts in this thread.

 

Maybe 3 seconds means nothing to you. This is my computer, and I have shortened my boot time as much as I have found possible, I have removed every mention of Microsoft as I have found possible. I have not ever needed the 3 seconds. At startup there is a way to get to Safe Mode, Bios, Boot.ini, and Recovery Partition. So far I have not needed to get to Boot.ini or Recovery Partition. I have made minor tweaks to the Bios, and used Safe Mode for Defreg, Spybot and Adaware. I turn the computer off at night and back on in the morning.

 

long !! i understand (I am bad english). sorry, I can't help you

good luck !!

 

wahlroot, I can appreciate what you are saying. Given that your original request was for assistance in editing the boot.ini file and not advice on whether it was a good idea or not, I think you have been very patient.

Here's something that might work for you. I have deleted the timeout=3 line from my boot.ini file to speed my boot process. I suspect that might work for your purpose as well. It depends somewhat on how the program that is altering your boot.ini is locating and editing the timeout line. If the line isn't present at all, it just might thwart the process. It can't hurt to try. You can always evoke the boot options menu via the F8 key and get the operating system selection screen manually.


Good luck.

 

Thanks surferdude2! I deleted the boot.ini Timeout line. Restarted and the Timeout line did not come back. Opened msconfig and made a change. Restarted and the Timeout line did not come back. Of course you are correct again. If for some reason I need to come back to boot.ini, I can add the Timeout line. Now I can save 3 seconds every day for several years and gain back the time spent. And of course my wife and grandchildren will not have to look at that screen anymore. Thanks again!!!

 

I'm glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back so others may share.

All the best,

Dude

 

hard !! ^_^. dos commad don't do it or i don't know

 

Hi all,

Did I miss something? The easiest way to change the [boot loader] timeout is to open the boot.ini file, change the 3 to 0, click save, and it's done.

Unless the file is set to "read only ". In which case you'd right-click the file, left-click properties, untick "read only ", click Apply and close; then open and edit.

 

Hi PeteC,

Thanks. I just re-read it (again) and I still come to the same contusion

And I'm stumped as to what program could change the boot.ini file?

 

jpChris. If you go to msconfig and click the OK button instead of cancel to get out of it you will get a menu asking you to Restart or Exit without Restart. Msconfig will then change the Timeout line to Timeout=3, unless you delete the Timeout line first.

 

Hi wahlroot,

Well, I learn something new every day. I've always had my timeout set to 10 seconds because I have 2 HDDs; and by the time the monitor warms up, the screen is readable and I can boot from the one I'm going to use. I didn't know that MSConfig did that.

Thanks for the info.

 

Hey!!! Glad I could help.