Due to Uttaresh's growing anger, I am posting this here.
 
To modify the GRUB configuration in Ubuntu, do the following:
 
1. Open Terminal and type:

Enter your password
 
2.The document will open, and you can configure it.
 
Common changes are:
Changing the default selection- Ubuntu and GRUB begin counting with 0, so count from 0 up. Note that the comment lines (eg. Other Operating Systems:) count as an entry. Here is an example of changing from the top entry to the bottom in a common dual-boot configuration:
 
GRUB Looks like this when booting (the number in brackets at the end indicates which entry number it is. I have added this, and it does not appear in GRUB):

 
The above was my GRUB when I installed Ubuntu. The default will be set to 0. I wanted to change this from 0 to 4, so in the configuration file, the following line was changed:

 
To the following:

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Another common edit is the timeout setting. This controls the amount of time the bootloader is displayed unless a key is pressed. My default was 10 seconds, but I wanted 5 so I changed

to

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You can also change the names of the Operating System choices by editing the title lines in each entry at the bottom

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