Announcing VistaBootPRO 3.0 Beta - New & Improved

The PROnetworks Betas Team and Staff are pleased to let everyone know that VistaBootPRO, the original program developed by our PROnetworks Betas Team and the Beta Testing Forum, is now available for download! Thanks to all the suggestions from our members and users, we have completely redesigned VistaBootPRO 3.0 to incorporate the features you have asked for. Written using Microsoft C# for added reliability and stability, VistaBootPRO 3.0 now includes built-in diagnostics to help find and correct errors in the BCD store, a more comprehensive view of current settings, and a number of new utilities and advanced options. VistaBootPRO 3.0 offers full support for the latest builds, including RC1 (Build 5600) and Build 5728.

The logical and easy to use VistaBootPRO interface makes it easy for both the novice and advanced user to make changes to the Boot Configuration Data store (BCD) without having to use the complex command line application bcdedit.exe

Advanced settings include backing up and exporting your boot loader configuration, making advanced "functional" changes like adding an Operating System to the boot menu, repairing the Windows Vista boot configuration data and modifying other settings which will affect the way that Vista boots.

VistaBootPRO can also be used to make "cosmetic" changes to the Windows Vista boot menu such as changing the name of the Operating Systems shown and changing the default boot operating system.

VistaBootPRO 3.0 may be used from within Windows Vista and Longhorn Server, as well as legacy operating systems including Windows 2000, 2000 Server, XP/MCE, and Server 2003.


For those who have had to use the command prompt based bcdedit.exe in the past, you will be impressed with the ease of use and functionality that VistaBootPRO provides.

System Requirements: Windows 2k, 2k Server, XP, 2003 Server, Vista, or Longhorn Server. All systems must have .NET 2.0 Framework Date Released: Thursday, September 28, 2006 File Name: VistaBootPRO_3.0.0.exe MD5 Sum: CC061ED4D96482DCD490FC68B61A4A13 SHA-1 Hash: 231EF055B32C55E4C2C6BACBD593B1C087D313E6 File size: 1.97 MB (2,068,373 bytes) Download Time: @ 28k Modem is ~6 minutes | 56k Modem is ~3 minutes | DSL (1.5Mbps) Less then a minute **NOTE: VistaBootPRO 3.0 is now fully compatible with Windows Vista RC1 (Build 5600), and Build 5728 Changes from version 2.1: - Recoded application in order to provide faster and more stable means to deliver the bcdedit.exe commands - Added color coding to Manage Entries page - Added new icon set - Added glass effect to VBP and About VBP forms - Added Run As Administrator menu - Added Diagnostics menu (Checks for rogue entries) - Fixed the index count error - Added Disk Manager shortcut in Tools menu - Added MANIFEST file for automatic 'Elevation' level - Added a 'Show OS List Color Code' link to Manage OS Entries - Added limits to memory deduction and CPU Limit -- Memory is total RAM - 256MB -- CPU is limit of 1 or more, nothing less - Boot timeout now allows up to 900 billion seconds - Added better descriptions to all controls - Combined Backup/Restore screens - Added a better startup file checking - Added a better startup layout - Added 'ALL' feature to View Settings - Added VGA Boot and GUI Boot