I am trying to figure out a way to edit the boot.ini file using Powershell script, specifically the SystemStartupDelay option. I have the code to display the option just not sure how to edit it.


Get-WmiObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem -namespace root\CIMV2

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...94102.aspx

"Time to delay before starting the Windows operating system—in seconds. Beginning with Windows Vista, SystemStartupDelay is obsolete because Boot.ini is not used to configure system startup. Instead, use the BCD classes supplied by the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) WMI provider or the Bcdedit command."

So, use bcedit.exe... Unless, you needed/wanted to run this remotely, then you may need some kind of workaround.

Hi again Macro,

I too need to find out some information that used to be in the boot.ini but is now part of the BCD.

I'm trying to find out the boot startup time for windows 2008 r2 servers

So i was wondering could you get this by running the command "bcdedit" on the console of the remote server
which shows the current settings.

then | Out-File to your local machine say \\yourpc\c:\bdc.txt

then Get-Content -Path c:\BCD.txt

then Select-String c:\BCD.txt -Pattern "timeout"

would this be possible?

If so how can you run a command in the command console of a remote machine and capture the output?