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:
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.
NOTE: If the above method doesn't work for you, provide following command again using Command Prompt:
bcdboot %WinDir% /l en-US
And restart your system. It'll work now.
NOTE: Please keep in mind that new Windows 7 boot screen requires at least 1024x768 screen resolution. If your monitor's native resolution is smaller than this, Windows 7 will show Windows Vista boot screen. Thanks to our reader "rcmero" for this tip.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Troubleshooting, Windows 7.
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Wayne
Both suggested fixes do not work on Acer Aspire One Netbook (AOD255) with 1024x600 resolution
brandon
neither one of the commands for me and im running build 7600 windows 7 ultimate
IH8BUGS
Hi Guys,
I found a solution to my problem with the Vista start up progress bar, running Windows 7 Ultimate.
I am running:
ECS A785GM-M3
AMD Phenom II 925 X4
4GB 1066 DDR3
Brillinat Machine apart from the lack of HDMI off the Motherboard. So I was running a DVI to HDMI lead to a 50" Full HD1080 Plasma. Everything works great, even sound thru the DVI to HDMI lead.
So after reading some of this forum I tried using a DVI to DVI lead on a normal computer LCD and guess what!! The Windows 7 boot up screen is now showing.
I go back to the DVI to HDMI and we are back to Vista progress bar.
So I would guess the connection to your Display, DVI to HDMI plays an important part.
Try it and see how you go.
Martin Velickovski
Hi,
I'am having problem withe boot screen again,i tried this methods that you posted.
Can you help me.
My pc configuration is very old for windows 7.
I have:
Processor:Intel(R)Celeron 2,40 Ghz
1024mb of ram
HDD:80 GIGS
DVD-ROM SONY
Graphics Acellelator (Video card) nVIDIA GeForce FX5500 (AFOX) (256MB)
The Motherboard is Microstar International P4MAM-V
FOR THE VIDEO CARD I INSTALLED VISTA DRIVERS BECUSE THERE ARE NO DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS 7 AND VISTA NAD 7 HAVE SIMMILAR KERNELS
THANK YOU!
izlude
If you get the old vista style boot, you're in luck. I found that the computer boots a lot faster because it doesn't have to wait for the silly animation and THEN loop the animation... do yourselves a favor, keep the vista style or you can do a "no gui" in msconfig to make it even a few seconds faster.
george
None of these 2 commands are working for me what can I do to get the boot screen back. i am using windows 7 ultimate,I have 1 gb of ram, and i have intel graphics media accelerator. PLEASE HELP!!!
Jolo
I Have A Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600 My boot screen is old vista style
Will This Command Works In Build 7600 Please Reply!!
smaeel
bcdboot %WinDir% /l en-US woooorrk :) thks
Fathi
not work on me,This is my netbook specs:HP MINI 110-1013TU,1024x576 resolution,Intel Atom N280,windows 7 ultimate SP1 build 7601,changed to vista style after installation.
DrainedEnergy
Does it work on Windows 7 Starter on HP Mini Netbook..?