Windows 7 default in BIOS after 30 sec when i boot PC

eurosport360 · 21 Jan 2009

Hello to all
First off, Windows 7 is very cool; I might use it more than vista now that I got internet for it, but that will have to wait for a month or two. My first question is: when I boot up my comp, and I have to pick either vista or W7 (I have W7 on another partition), I usually leave the room while my comp is booting, so after 30 seconds the BIOS picks Windows 7 as the default OS because its first. I would really like to boot up my pc while doing something else, and I would love for the BIOS to pick Vista after 30 seconds instead of W7 because I use Vista for games and such. Is there some way of doing that or do I have to sit around throughout the start up and manually pick Vista?

My second question seems a little picky or over the edge, but when I boot up my comp and have to pick an OS, it prints "Windows 7" while underneath it it prints out "Microsoft Windows Vista". Is there some way to add 'Microsoft' in front of Windows 7 when Im picking in the BIOS? It doesn't look as good without the Microsoft.

Thanks

eurosport360 · 21 Jan 2009

sorry, just found tutorial on how to change default OS, can anyone answer second question?

Bare Foot Kid · 21 Jan 2009

Hello eurosport360.

You can change the default OS in msconfig; you may have some luck with the second question using EasyBCD, I haven't tried it myself.

Please post back with the outcome, as I'm interested if you can.

Later

Ted

limneos · 21 Jan 2009

or to do it the manual way:

Open CMD with administrator rights

type :

bcdedit {enter}

Find your Windows 7 Installation, it should look something like:

Code:

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {4c218259-e04b-11dd-b760-00195b61617a}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 7 Beta 32bit
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {4c218259-e04b-11dd-b760-00195b61617a}nx                      OptIn

Next to identifier above, you'll find your Windows 7 UUID. So now type:
note: change my UUID in {} BELOW with yours.

bcdedit /set {4c218259-e04b-11dd-b760-00195b61617a} description "Microsoft Windows 7"

Bare Foot Kid · 21 Jan 2009

Thanks limneos; I'm going to give this a go myself.

Later

Ted

eurosport360 · 21 Jan 2009

Thank you so much bare foot kid, very easy to do with that app

Windows 7 default in BIOS after 30 sec when i boot PC-capture.jpg

btw limneos, your method works fine too, I think I remember doing that once before, but I didn't know this program^^ was so easy to mess around with stuff, thanks anyways.

garysgold · 21 Jan 2009

Bare Foot Kid said:

Thanks limneos; I'm going to give this a go myself

Me too. Thanks limneos.

Gary

Bare Foot Kid · 21 Jan 2009

Hello eurosport360.

I'm pleased you've found a solution that worked for you. EasyBCD is a piece of cake.

Thanks limneos!

Later

Ted

Bare Foot Kid · 21 Jan 2009

Hey limneos; you know you're making me want to learn bcdedit with all your tips about it.

I've been able to change the Windows 7 boot entry but I've tried twice to change the Vista entry and both times I get "the operation completed successfully" and nothing changes at the boot menu. See pics below.

Thank you for your time.

Windows 7 default in BIOS after 30 sec when i boot PC-command.jpg

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Windows 7 default in BIOS after 30 sec when i boot PC-boot-menu.jpg

Later

Ted

SIW2 · 21 Jan 2009

Hi Ted,

try this:

bcdedit /set {current} description "Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit"

Hope it helps

SIW2