GUI Boot - Enable or Disable in Windows

acornada said:

On a decent system, I suspect there would be no difference because I don't think the animated logo delays the boot. I think the boot continues normally, while the animated logo appears at the same time as boot operations continue in the background.

BTW Brink, I've read many of your tutorials. Excellent stuff!!

It's mostly just for whether one wants the animated GUI showing or not. If they select not to, then usually it's probably as you say, but there's also the possibility of shaving a fraction of a second or so. I haven't put a stopwatch to it though. :)

Yeah, that would be nice, but Microsoft locked that down for security purposes to help prevent anything (ex: malware) from being able to run prior to Windows 8 and your AV program starting.

Hello Nilank,

It may help shave off a couple of more seconds at most from your startup time.

Hello Nathan,

Are you in Safe Mode or normal mode when trying to do this?

If in Safe Mode, then boot to normal mode and try again.

If in normal mode, then you may have a pre existing MBR issue. See if doing an Startup Repair may help fix your MBR and allow you to do this afterwards.

Hope this helps for now, :)
Shawn

Sorry Nathan. I had Windows 8 in mind.

I updated the link above for Windows 7 instead.