Macbook pro starts up in windows always help change to leopard

I have just reinstalled windows vista i bootcamp as i got the blue screen of death before ( windows rubbish) however i need sometimes , anyway since my reinstall the computer always starts up in Windows where as before it started in Leopard and if i held down Alt then i could choose .
i want default startup in Leopard not windows , so if anyone knows how to change it back that would be great and make leopard mydefault startup operating system ..
thanks mark

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