Re: Control Dual Boot Remotely

That is I always do.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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"John" <noaddress@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ePp3ZcZdHHA.1244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Jim" <jrwolfe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eNd$hDZdHHA.596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm running a dual boot (Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003) computer at
> a remote location.
>
> I normally use Remote Desktop to operate this computer and I shut it down
> or reboot it using "shutdown" from the command line.
>
> My question - is there a way to remotely reboot this computer into the
> second operating system? The shutdown command does not seem to offer this
> option.
>
> TIA
>
> Jim
>
The only way I can think of is to edit the boot.ini
file to change the default startup OS and then do a restart.

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