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How To Enable Vista’s Hidden Bootscreen: Aurora

Posted By: BioTecK on Tuesday 27 January 2009 with 12 Comments

What do you think about the default Vista’s bootscreen? It’s not really spectacular at all and it’s boring.  I mean..It just shows a loading bar and the Microsoft Corporation copyright on a “beautiful” black screen. Cool isn’t it? Nope, you got that right! :wink:

You can make your Vista even cooler with a hidden bootscreen called Aurora. I don’t know why this bootscreen isn’t active by default, cause this one looks much better then the default one.

To enable the hidden bootscreen in Vista, follow the steps here below:

  1. First disable UAC. For more info on disabling UAC read:  “Disable User Access Control In Windows Vista” and/or “Switch UAC To The Quiet Mode“. If you like UAC, then you can enable it again after enabling Vista’s hidden bootscreen.
  2. Go to Start – Searchbar
  3. Type msconfig and hit Enter
  4. Now, go to Boot tab

  5. In the Boot option Check No GUI Boot option
  6. Click on Apply and OK to close the screen
  7. Now reboot your computer and enjoy the Aurora bootscreen!

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  • Srihari Padmanabhan said:
    30 January 2009 at 09:22

    Windows Vista is cool. :wink: Changing the boot screen to a custom image is even more fun. But beware that boot screen file alter could render your system to lose some system files and can cause windows to be corrupted. I have got stuck twice and had to re-install the whole setup. :cry:

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  • ajay@design contest said:
    30 January 2009 at 12:26

    hi,
    very interesting post. i found very little information about vista on the web..
    thank you for your great support. :wink:

  • BioTecK (author) said:
    31 January 2009 at 19:00

    Yeah, I’ve tried that in the past Srihari Padmanabhan when I was running XP.. But like you mentioned it didn’t work out the way I hoped! :wink:

    Hi Ajay@design Contest. On BioTecK.net you can find a lot of tips and tricks for Vista, so you’re at the right place! :wink:

  • Web Development Dubai said:
    4 February 2009 at 10:04

    Thank you for the great tip.. I was searching this for a long time..
    Thank you….

  • BioTecK (author) said:
    14 February 2009 at 21:37

    Cool! I’m glad that you could find the info here on BioTecK.net Web Development Dubai.

  • Home Accents said:
    2 March 2009 at 23:33

    I have to say that you have the best tips to optimize a computer. I really appreciate that you share them all with us.

  • BioTecK (author) said:
    6 March 2009 at 06:39

    Thnx a lot Home Accents! :mrgreen:

  • Gracie - Canadian Mortgage Calculator said:
    24 April 2009 at 15:51

    hm… Now I need to check what is with my bootscreen,as I never did it! hehe, hope everything will be ok with it! Wonderful post. It’s an impoortant part of what keeps us all coming back to your blog.

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  • BioTecK (author) said:
    27 April 2009 at 20:49

    Yeah, Check it out Gracie – Canadian Mortgage Calculator. I tried it too and it did work just fine for me too.

  • Money Academy said:
    4 May 2009 at 01:12

    i don’t know much about vista , i was think that it is complex version ” because my computer features is not high ” but i enjoyed this tip and wait more about vista .

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  • freestuff said:
    6 May 2009 at 00:24

    So it is already on computer your just changing to it. Does it slow boot down or is it the same amount of time.

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  • BioTecK (author) said:
    9 May 2009 at 14:46

    Vista is indeed very different then XP.. If you can customize it by turning off a lot of features you can work with it very well Money Acamedy. However.. I’m so looking forward to Windows Se7en… :D

    I haven’t experienced anything such as a slower boot time or etc Freestuff. And yeah it should be already on your computer..