Vista Booting Menu

vwimports · 04-08-2009, 09:39 PM

Hey guys.. I'm currently running Vista, but I use to have XP as well. When Vista boots at some point it gives me a option to loan Vista or XP even though I no longer have XP installed. How can I remove this menu and just have Vista start automatically? Sorry I don't know what the proper screen is called so I was unable to find this answer via search.

**jenae** · 04-08-2009, 10:04 PM

Hi, go to control panel then "system" on the left select "advanced system settings" then "advanced" select "settings" under "startup and recovery" make sure Vista is the default OS.

vwimports · 04-08-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jenae

Hi, go to control panel then "system" on the left select "advanced system settings" then "advanced" select "settings" under "startup and recovery" make sure Vista is the default OS.

I did what you said and i think that fixed the problem however before i did that i used the advice of someone else and tried deleting the c:\boot directory and now vista wont load at all. it says:

system32\hal.dll is missing. I can run recovery or anything.. what can i do??

pofolks · 04-09-2009, 05:57 AM

Have a look here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixthe...torehaldll.htm

04-08-2009, 09:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
vwimports Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 8 OS: Vista	Vista Booting Menu Hey guys.. I'm currently running Vista, but I use to have XP as well. When Vista boots at some point it gives me a option to loan Vista or XP even though I no longer have XP installed. How can I remove this menu and just have Vista start automatically? Sorry I don't know what the proper screen is called so I was unable to find this answer via search.

04-08-2009, 10:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
jenae Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,309 OS: XP & Vista	Re: Vista Booting Menu Hi, go to control panel then "system" on the left select "advanced system settings" then "advanced" select "settings" under "startup and recovery" make sure Vista is the default OS. __________________

04-09-2009, 05:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
pofolks Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 171 OS: Win 7 Ultimate (32&64), Win Vista Ultimate SP2 (32&64)	Re: Vista Booting Menu Have a look here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixthe...torehaldll.htm