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    How to reduce Windows 7 boot time

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Sep 21, 2012.

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    Just by tweaking your PC you can significantly improve your boot time. One of the ways to do this is to get rid of the Windows GUI thats shows up while your system is booting.

    What is GUI?

    GUI stands for Graphic User Interface. This is the Windows Logo that appears at start up.

    So, deactivating this basically means that there will be NO boot screen animation. On the other hand, your boot time will decrease by 6-8 seconds.

    This is not a lot, but if you apply some other tweaks it will all add up and you can perfectly optimize your boot time.

    How do you do this?

    1. Click on Start and type msconfig into the search box, then click on msconfig.exe at the top

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    2. Select the “Boot” tab.

    3. Check the option “No GUI Boot” and enter “3″ seconds as your timeout.

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    **Note: When you change the timeout to 3 seconds, if you dual-boot Windows 7, then you will only have 3 seconds to pick another OS. The timer will stop when you hit a key, so 3 seconds is still a “safe” setting.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Sep 21, 2012
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