This brief tutorial will show you how to easily trim a second or two from the time it takes for Windows to start up.

1. Each time Windows starts you’re presented with the Windows “boot logo” and a progress bar. Displaying these items actually causes Windows to load a bit more slowly – because it has to load them. This tutorial will show you how to disable that boot logo and progress bar, allowing Windows to load faster. Note: I timed my Windows startup with and without the boot logo and status bar. The start time averaged 1.9 seconds faster without the logo and status bar.



2. Click the Windows Start button and select Run from the menu.



3. Enter msconfig in the Run window and click OK.



4. Select the BOOT.INI tab. Place a check in the box labeled /NOGUIBOOT, click the Apply button and then the OK button.


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5. At this point you’ll be prompted to restart your PC. Save any open work, close any open programs, and click the Restart button.



6. Unless you’ve previously disabled the System Configuration Utility “warning” message, it will appear when your computer starts up again. Click OK. The System Configuration Utility will open again – you can revert your changes if anything went wrong (very unlikely, unless you made additional changes outside of the scope of this tutorial). When you close the System Configuration Utility you may be prompted to reboot your PC again – even though you didn’t make any changes this time. You don’t need to, and the “warning” message will not appear the next time you restart.


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