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I've been using Windows Vista for quite some time and one thing that really bothers me is the boot screen. I don't really care THAT much about it but if we're paying big bucks for this then why the heck would you strip the boot screen all the way down to the progressbar? Seems strange to me...
It looks to me that microsoft was in a hurry to relese Vista, and I guess the bootscreen was at the bottom of their list, don't worry, hopefully in the future, M$ will relese an update to fix this bordom screen!
I saw the boot screen in Vista Beta 2 and thought it was either due to an error with my system or because it was beta 2. I remember using Longhorn beta 1 and it has a proper boot screen, but when I got my hands on the retail edition, it still had this "unfinished" boot screen. I didnt think much of it but now David bought it up I thought I'd comment too because It defiantly should have a boot screen, it just looks wrong!
Funny thing is, I looked in to this and there is a hidden, proper boot screen!
Here’s the default boot screen:
And here's the Hidden Vista boot screen, that you can enable:
All you have to do is type msconfig into the start menu search box, and hit enter.
Click the Boot tab, and then check the “No GUI boot” checkbox.
Hit OK and reboot the computer. You should see the new boot screen immediately.
Note: You may get a Windows Defender error on the next startup. You can enable the system config utility using the tray icon and this error will go away.
I also found this way to enable the hidden bootscreen.
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I’ve been told that this trick should only be used on newer / faster machines. You’ll need to have administrative privileges to get ‘er working right. Either use the Run command or a CMD prompt to enter:
bcdedit /set quietboot 1
Having said that, maybe they simply did not make a "low-fi" bootscreen for older or less powerful systems, so decided to disable the more "aero style" one altogether, by default.
Just for the record, this was the Windows Longhorn (Build 5041) Bootscreen:
You might be right about the reason but it probably should have been activated while the system check for performance was being done Thanks for the information!
I also found this way to enable the hidden bootscreen.
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I’ve been told that this trick should only be used on newer / faster machines. You’ll need to have administrative privileges to get ‘er working right. Either use the Run command or a CMD prompt to enter:
bcdedit /set quietboot 1
This needs to be appended. In order for this to work you have to start a command prompt as an administrator. That is go to start->all programs->accessories
Right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator. Then select Continue on the Windows Security box. Once the command prompt is up and running you can enter the above command.
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Thanks for the information! 
