How to: Make Your Computer Boot Into Windows XP by Default Instead of Win7 or Vista

Things you need:

A computer
Windows XP,
Windows 7 or Vista
Access to an administrator account

Instructions:

1. Boot into Windows 7 or Vista including logging into an Administrator Account

2. Click on Start

2. Right Click on Computer and select Properties

image7 How to: Make Your Computer Boot Into Windows XP by Default Instead of Win7 or Vista

3. Click on Advanced system settings

image8 How to: Make Your Computer Boot Into Windows XP by Default Instead of Win7 or Vista

4. Click on the Settings button in the Startup and Recover section

5. Change the Default operating system to Earlier Version of Windows or similar

Tip:

To change the time it waits to boot into the operating system, change the number in the box next to Time to display list of operating systems. I changed mine to 5 seconds so it would be almost transparent it gave the option.

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