Its a very annoying and common problem in Windows 7. After getting numerous e-mails about this problem, we decided to post this solution.
As we all know Windows 7 contains a new animated boot screen which shows animated items/balls that come together to form Windows logo.
Sometimes it starts showing the old Vista styled boot screen which contains only a green progressbar with black background.
Most of the time it happens when a user tries to repair the boot loader or adds a new entry for Windows 7.
If you are also facing this problem, then here is a very simple and working solution for you taken from it's my Windows blog:
1. Boot into Windows 7 and click on "Start button -> All Programs -> Accessories". Now right-click on "Command Prompt" and select "Run As Administrator". If you are prompted to enter password, enter the password and continue. You can also open Command Prompt in Administrator mode by typing "cmd" in Startmenu Search box and press "Ctrl+Shift+Enter".
2. Now provide following command:
bcdedit /set {current} locale en-US
The above command is for English version of Windows, if you are using some other language version, then change "en-US" to your own locale.
3. Exit Command Prompt and restart your system. Now the new animated Windows 7 boot screen should be back in action.
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The Champ
Well there looks like something same but a little bit different problem has setup in my vista,sometime on logon screen i enters my pass. then it shows welcome and after that a blank screen appears and again logon screen asks for password.When i tried to logon again ,the same gots repeated and logging fails.
For troubleshooting this problem i've to restore my system again and again via safe mode.
Is there any solution ?
VG
^^ Are you using some custom login screen in Vista? It seems some system files have been corrupted in your system and you'll need to repair Windows using setup disc.
The Champ
I've used the win 7 login screen in Vista downloaded from here using Tuneup Utilities 2009.
I've tried it but it says to unplug the recently connected hardware whereas I've not connected any hardware recently,the last option is to try for restoring the system.
VG
^^ Try to restore the default Login screen and check whether it helps.
The Champ
After leaving Ist reply i've just done that; deleted that custom one ,and it works from that time finely.
rix
:/ don't work for me. It says although "successfully changed " but thats all , nothing change after restart
bcdboot %WinDir% /l en-US - don't work either
Imran
Doesn't work for me as well, bcdedit & bcdboot both doesn't fix the problem, i tried for 5/6 times as well.
rix
meaby it doesn't workd becouse we have different win7 versions. Mine is 7077 .
Ove
Hello, i've tried this but i'm still seeing that repulsive vista logo...the command was accepted in cmd...my win 7 is 7100...could this be the problem?
Anand S
Hi,
This problem has been acknowledged by Microsoft as well and this occurs due to the screen resolution being 1024 * 768 or lower. Particularly in Netbooks like my Acer Aspire One, where the native resolution is 1024 * 600.
VG please fidn a fix for this. I love teh Win 7 Animation.