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Windows starting by default on MacBook Pro

Mar 18, 2012 7:57AM PDT

Hi all,
I have a new MacBook Pro with Mac Os X Lion. Updated Os last week.

Ok so I have windows 7 installed on my Macbook Pro, all going fine...

Except when I restart the Mac it boots up by default into Windows, even if I don't have the [restart in windows?] checkbox ticked.

I would like Os X to be my default operating system and only have to hold down the option key when I want to start windows. Is this a setting somewhere?

Thanks all in advance.

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System Preferences,
Mar 18, 2012 11:01AM PDT

Startup Disk
Choose OS X

Done

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Awesome thanks heaps!
Mar 18, 2012 1:51PM PDT

Thanks.