Filed under: OS Updates, Windows
Enabling Vista's hidden boot screen
by Grant Robertson Jul 27th 2007 at 8:00AM
Looking for a way to customize your Windows Vista boot experience? Ok, you probably weren't, fair enough. However, if you want to spend a few minutes tinkering to while the day away, here's a great time waster. Windows Vista has a "hidden" boot screen, and you can enable it in a few easy steps.
- First, type "msconfig" into the search box.
- Second, Once MSconfig starts, click the "Boot" tab
- Third, Check the box that is labeled, "No GUI Boot"
- Finally, Click Apply, then "OK" and restart to see your new boot screen
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Ryan Wagner said 10:42AM on 7-27-2007
Microsoft actually claims that they disabled the "pretty" boot screen to make Vista load faster though.
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Anonymous said 11:22AM on 7-27-2007
Well done Grant. Another article that would have been better had it been by toddler.
GOOD JOB!
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LisKiller said 7:16PM on 7-27-2007
If you need better bootscreens, check out Windows Vista Boot Logo Generator:
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11972
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