Just an off the cuff question.
I just installed a new monitor [47 inch LCD TV, yeah baby!]
Now, when the PC boots, it doesn't show the four lights coming together to form the windows logo, instead it just shows a progress bar, the same as vista does.
Why would this happen? Weird!
Because at OS loading, it is unsure of the display. To be safe, it reverts to that to not cause problems. Check that you're using the highest quality type of cable. HDMI most likely.
I see....thanks Tews. I never done that so correct answer avoided me, heh. In that case, a startup repair should change it, is my guess.
But I upgraded from XP, not from vista. And it was showing the 7 boot up screens before I changed my monitor.... meh.
Come to think of it, when I was using my old CRT monitor I was using DVI, now the computer is connected by HDMI... I guess that's what causes it.
This issue may also be the result of a glitch in the boot record
Enter the following into an admin command prompt
(start search type cmd right click and run as administrator)
bcdedit /set {current} locale en-US
or
bcdboot %WinDir% /l en-US
If not on a US locale then change to your local - eg - en-UK or fr-FR Etc.
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