Can I set Ubuntu 12.10 to automatically reboot to Windows once only?

Posted by Bill Tetzeli on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Bill Tetzeli
Published on 2012-12-16T20:28:35Z Indexed on 2012/12/16 23:20 UTC
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Is there some way when I'm in Ubuntu 12.10 that I can set it to reboot automatically to Windows just once, so that when I'm in Windows I can reboot and it will automatically boot back into Ubuntu? I need this because often when I travel I access my home computer for email and other personal info that I don't want to travel with or leave to the tender mercies of the "cloud". On rare occasions, I need to temporarily boot into Windows 7 to do something Windows-specific, but then I want to be able to boot back into Ubuntu because that's where most of my computing takes place. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Bill

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