MSCONFIG - message I get after restart...

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I have been in msconig to turn off some of my start up items. When I restart my machine I get a black screen with the following writing, just before windows loads: -

"please select the operating system to start:

WIndows XP Home Edition
Windows Recovery COnsole"

After about 2 seconds it just loads windows normally as usual. I never used to get this screen/prompt. Any ideas how I get it back as I used to have it...windows loading normally without a prompt?

HELP!!!

[gobbledegeek]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555032/en-us

[kempie]

You must have already had a multiboot configuration set up on your machine with a timeout set at 0 (zero) secs. but which is now set at 2 secs.

You could reset the timeout to 0 in the BOOT.INI tab of MSCONFIG (be careful - messing up boot.ini could lead to a whole lot of heartache), or leave it as it is which ensures easy access to the Recovery Console if XP was ever to play up.

[Kerplunk]

That makes me laugh. The answer that gives a full explanation and a way to "fix" it only gets 2 stars.