Dual Boot OS menu

Simple question that hopefully will entail a simple answer,
I dual boot Vista 32 and Vista 64, How can I rename them in the OS boot
choices menu as they both state Microsoft Windows Vista, I know which is
which from regular use it would just be nice to have the version edition on
the menu as well.
Thanks

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"MGBassace" <> wrote in message news:3E36C8B7-A7E7-4AF9-BAA2-...
Simple question that hopefully will entail a simple answer,
I dual boot Vista 32 and Vista 64, How can I rename them in the OS boot
choices menu as they both state Microsoft Windows Vista, I know which is
which from regular use it would just be nice to have the version edition on
the menu as well.
Thanks

You rightclick a command prompt icon to 'run as administrator'. Type this
command:
bcdedit /v

note that the 'description' in the "Windows Boot Loader" (bootapp) area is
what you want. To change that you use the /set parameter.

bcdedit /set bootapp description "Home Premium Edition"

You should, of course, consider using the /export command first, for a
backup.

There are a few GUI editors being offered on the web, but I have no idea how
safe they might or might not be.
VistaBootPRO - Go PRO with Microsoft Windows Vista Boot Manager:
http://www.vistabootpro.org/

If you find this too complex to do yourself, you should really consider not
tinkering with the boot loader at all.
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"MGBassace" <> wrote in message
news:3E36C8B7-A7E7-4AF9-BAA2-...
> Simple question that hopefully will entail a simple answer,
> I dual boot Vista 32 and Vista 64, How can I rename them in the OS boot
> choices menu as they both state Microsoft Windows Vista, I know which is
> which from regular use it would just be nice to have the version edition
> on
> the menu as well.
> Thanks

Many thanks Mark, That was just what i was looking for, No it doesn't sound
to complicated at all I will try it later when I finish work. Just goes to
show how quickly things change I have MCSE and MSDST but sometimes using
vista I hit an area where you think well it work like this in XP but how the
hell do i do it in Vista.
Thanks again.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> You rightclick a command prompt icon to 'run as administrator'. Type this
> command:
> bcdedit /v
>
> note that the 'description' in the "Windows Boot Loader" (bootapp) area is
> what you want. To change that you use the /set parameter.
>
> bcdedit /set bootapp description "Home Premium Edition"
>
> You should, of course, consider using the /export command first, for a
> backup.
>
> There are a few GUI editors being offered on the web, but I have no idea how
> safe they might or might not be.
> VistaBootPRO - Go PRO with Microsoft Windows Vista Boot Manager:
> http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>
> If you find this too complex to do yourself, you should really consider not
> tinkering with the boot loader at all.
> --
> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>
> "MGBassace" <> wrote in message
> news:3E36C8B7-A7E7-4AF9-BAA2-...
> > Simple question that hopefully will entail a simple answer,
> > I dual boot Vista 32 and Vista 64, How can I rename them in the OS boot
> > choices menu as they both state Microsoft Windows Vista, I know which is
> > which from regular use it would just be nice to have the version edition
> > on
> > the menu as well.
> > Thanks
>