Tricks of the Windows

Some of us love the Vista boot screens. We love when that little orb appears in the mid-
dle of the screen and then the colorful login screen displays. For those who don’t love
it just the way it is, well, you can actually change it slightly. During boot, behind the
scenes is a boot screen that Vista techno-geeks call Aurora. The only difference
between it and what you see by default is that, instead of a scrolling bar with a Vista
graphic at the beginning of the process, you see a stationary picture with the text
“Starting Windows Vista” at the bottom


If you are tired of the default boot screen in Windows Vista, there is a better looking one
hidden away, and it looks like the “Aurora” that everyone has been raving about since
Longhorn was in its alpha days.
To enable the “Aurora” boot screen:
1. Press the + R combination on your keyboard to display the Run dialog.
2. Type MSCONFIG.EXE
3. If User Account Control prompts you to allow the action, click on “Continue.”
4. In the “System Configuration” window, click on the “Boot” tab
5. Select your Windows Vista installation and under “Boot options”, check “No GUI
boot.”
6. Press OK.
7. In the dialog that appears, check “Don’t show this message again”, and then
click on “Restart.”
8. Your computer will now reboot, and you will see the “aurora” boot screen with
text that says Starting Windows Vista.