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I have both Windows XP and Ubuntu installed.
I want to set Ubuntu as my default system when boot the machine.
I don't want to press Down+Enter every time.

I am using Wubi.

Original boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"

Modified boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=C:\wubildr.mbr
[operating systems]
C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

But nothing changed.

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    Possible duplicate of [How do I set Windows to boot as the default in the boot loader?](http://askubuntu.com/q/52963/37006) – Basharat Sialvi May 27 '12 at 03:41
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    @BasharatSial No, that question is about the GRUB2 menu this with a standard Ubuntu installation. This question is about the Windows boot menu with a Wubi installation. – Eliah Kagan May 27 '12 at 03:58

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Click setting and select wubi as default operating system from drop-down menu. Click OK.

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    Warning: do not set the `Time to display operating systems` to zero when Ubuntu is the default OS. This will prevent Windows from booting. It can be easily fixed for Windows XP, but not on Windows Vista and 7 which requires a Windows repair CD. The minimum for the timeout should be 10 as even small numbers > 0 can cause problems. – bcbc May 28 '12 at 04:12
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Assuming that you are using Wubi (saw boot.ini).

Use EasyBCD. It's a free program to modify the Windows Bootloader.

After you installed it, open it and go to the Edit boot menu Section.

Then tick the box beside the Ubuntu Entry under "Default".

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You have to edit the grub.cfg file.

In the Terminal:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg

You can change the set default="0" line. 0 is the first OS, 1 the second, and so forth.

Or you can change the menu entries.

When your system updates the kernel, you'll lose this GRUB configuration change and have to do it again.

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    The original poster here has a Wubi system, not a standard Ubuntu system. In a Wubi system, the boot menu that gives a choice between Windows and Ubuntu is the **Windows boot menu**, not the **GRUB2 boot menu**. So editing GRUB's configuration files won't help at all in this case. Also, graphical programs should be run with `gksu`/`gksudo`, not `sudo`, as [using `sudo` to run any nontrivial graphical program can (reversibly) break the program when you need to run it *not* as `root`](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Graphical_sudo). Also, for this you'd need `sudo update-grub` too. – Eliah Kagan May 27 '12 at 04:04