Win7 shows vista boot screen only on system reboot


  1. jharris1993
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    Win7 shows vista boot screen only on system reboot


    Issue:
    I have clients with certain machines - one in particular is the Dell Inspiron Duo - a "flippy" tablet that has a rotating screen.

    When starting Win7 (32 bit), either Home Premium or Pro, a cold start always starts with the "dancing sprites" Win7 startup animation.

    However, a reboot of this same machine always starts with the "Windows Vista" startup animation. Performing the usual "bcdedit /set. . . ." fixes does not help.

    Other machines that I have do not exhibit this issue.

    Note:

    • This issue is present on both a stock factory image, or if I do a "generic" install using TechNet supplied media.
    • All of the installs have SP1 installed.
    • It does not seem to matter what updates are installed, if any. I have seen this happen on machines that are fully up-to-date, and also machines that have just been bare-metal installed.
    • I do not know if it is a 32-bit vs 64 bit issue as I have not researched it to that level.


    Question:
    Why should a Win7 system show the correct startup screen on a cold-start, but not do so on a warn start?

    Thanks for any help you can provide!

    Jim (JR)
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  3. gregrocker
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    If the problem persists after a reinstall then it most likely is bad boot code surviving because the disk was not wiped of code using at least Diskpart Clean Command.
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