Disabling the Timer for Windows NT Boot Loader

ID: Q131603

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

You can configure the Windows NT Boot Loader to pause indefinitely by editing the BOOT.INI and changing timeout value to -1. The following example shows the BOOT.INI after this change is made:


   [boot loader]
   timeout=-1
   default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT35

This change cannot be made through Control Panel, because the valid values are 0-999. Any attempt to modify this value with a negative number produces the following error in versions 3.5 and 3.51:

Invalid Timeout Entry

In Windows NT version 4.0, you will receive the following error:

Insufficient memory for this operation;
Close one or more windows applications to increase available memory

Additional query words: prodnt 3.10

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