# dual booting vista... make XP the default boot OS? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 29, 2007, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-booting-vista-make-xp-the-default-boot-os/23764 "2007-01-29T10:44:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-booting-vista-make-xp-the-default-boot-os/23764/1 "2007-01-29T10:44:45Z")
Anyone know how to make the PC boot right into XP, opposed to vista? (without the hastle of installing vista, then XP) Reason I ask is, if I’m working remotely and need to restart my machine, I want it to boot back into XP instead. thanks ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-booting-vista-make-xp-the-default-boot-os/23764/2 "2007-01-29T10:47:34Z")
nevermind… found it. This may help some of you aswell > **[Easily Set Default OS in a Windows 7 / Vista and XP Dual-boot Setup](https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/easily-set-default-os-in-a-windows-vista-and-xp-dual-boot-setup/)** > > If you are running a dual-boot setup with more than one Windows operating system, It’s pretty easy to configure the default boot operating system with the GUI interface. Note that if you are using Windows 7 or Vista as one of the operating systems,... ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-booting-vista-make-xp-the-default-boot-os/23764/3 "2007-01-29T10:49:02Z")
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