Bypassing the dual boot screen in Windows Server 2003

Factual Questions
1

I have a box that used to dual-boot Server 2003 on C: and XP Pro on D: on the same hard drive. I wiped D: and use Server exclusively now on this box, but when I boot, it still shows the same dual boot screen at startup–except that instead of:


1 Windows Server 2003
2 Windows XP Professional

it says


1 Windows Server 2003
2 Windows (Standard)

What do I do to convince it to boot into Server automagickally every time?

2

Go to Start - Run - msconfig - boot.ini (tab) and edit stuff there, or edit it directly.

3

This is what my boot.ini looks like:


[boot loader]
timeout=30
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut

Weird stuff, no?

4

Mine looks like this:



[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut

Perhaps you’re missing a line?

5

Thanks! My box is the domain controller, so I can’t restart and try the new one now. I’ll be back with an update on Monday night.