Here's our Windows NT Tip for.. May 6, 2003
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Some Things Last Forever
When you use Windows NT 4.0 along with other operating systems, you can tell the system how long to wait before booting into the default selection. You can set the time to as short or as long as you like (provided you like 0 to 999). If you want, you can even tell the system to take no action until you make a selection and press Enter.

To do this, run Windows NT Explorer and locate Boot.ini. Right-click Boot.ini and choose Properties. When the Properties dialog box opens, deselect the Read-only check box and click Apply. Now click OK to close the dialog box and save your changes.

Now double-click the Boot.ini icon to open it in Notepad. When the file opens, locate Timeout and change it to

Timeout = -1

Then save the file (File, Save) and restart the computer. Now the system will wait for you to make a selection.