How To Enable Vista’s Hidden Boot Screen

I am not crazy about having an operating system looking like a Christmas tree, but Vista's default boot screen looks really sad, if I can call it this way. Just look at the screenshot below, and you'll understand why I chose to show you how to enable a hidden boot screen that comes with Vista, but Microsoft thought you shouldn't have it as the default one...


To enable the "Aurora" boot screen, simply follow those few steps I'll describe below.

- Press the Start Orb, type "msconfig" in the search bar, and then press Enter.


- In the System Configuration window, press the Boot tab and select No GUI Boot.


- Press Apply, then hit OK, and then decide if you want to reboot to see the new boot screen right away, or leave this for a future reboot, when that time comes.


- Enjoy your new boot screen!


At last, I will state the obvious, just in case - if you want to get back to the old boot screen, simply open the System Configuration tool again, and deselect No GUI Boot. This is it!

Oh! I was just about to forget this, since Windows Defender is a program that I don't interact with too often, but... if you get an error from Windows Defender after the next reboot, you should simply enable the System Configuration tool using the tray icon to make this error disappear once and for all.