Editing the boot manager in Vista\Win7

[ZWarrior]

So for those of you who remember the old days where you could just fire up a text editor and modify the boot.ini file when there was a problem or a change to the boot process for your PC, I give you the new way.

The is no longer a simple text file to edit and you are on your way.  Now you have to know the BCDEdit command.  This is a command run at the CMD window, and it somewhat cryptic to decipher.  I found a nice link to a article talking about how to change a few of the settings, including the timeout when you have multiple OSes installed. (http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/utilities/bcdedit-basics.aspx)

And here is the link to the official documentation on the command on the Microsoft site:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721886%28WS.10%29.aspx

Be careful and have fun!