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The Other Boot Falls
Our very cool, visual review we're running on the December pre-beta 2 release of Windows Vista has gotten the attention of a lot of Business Intelligence Pipeline readers, and now we're running an interesting follow-up. Windows XP and 2000 have a lovely, simple tool known as "boot.ini" that controls boot options. It shows up right there on your screen, allowing you to control, among other things, defaults such as which installed OS will upload automatically. Well, it turns out Microsoft has decided to yank boot.ini from Windows Vista. As Scot Finnie asks in a story running now on Business Intelligence Pipeline, "...why the heck would Microsoft do this? Why make the tool for editing the file as arcane as DOS or Linux?" Is Microsoft taking an obscure page from Linus Torvalds? If so, you'd expect the company to at least take a good page.  E-MAIL | SLASHDOT | DIGG This is a public forum. CMP Technology and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. CMP Technology makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of CMP Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in CMP Technology's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business.
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