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Hi all ,

I need some help with my laptop in booting. Someone told me that choosing the No gui boot option makes the computer boot faster? However there are also many other options like, boot log, safe video, safe boot (with minimal, alternate shell etc.. options) vista.

What do they mean and what is the difference between them? is it recommended to use one over the other? which one should i use cause i dont really understand the difference between them at all...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you ...

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Short answer: these options are mostly for troubleshooting, not speeding up Windows. On modern PCs the time saved by disabling the splash screen is negligible, and it hides useful status messages (updates, repair, chkdsk), so leave No GUI Boot off unless you are debugging a very slow boot.

Practical uses you can apply right away:

  • Boot log: writes a driver load list to C:\Windows\ntbtlog.txt. After a successful or failed boot, open it and look for the last driver that loaded to narrow down hangs.

    notepad C:\Windows\ntbtlog.txt

  • OS boot information: shows each driver as it loads on screen. If it stops, the last name shown is your next lead.

  • Safe boot: Minimal loads only core services and Explorer; Network adds networking; Alternate shell starts cmd.exe with no desktop (advanced use). Base video forces the basic Microsoft display driver so you can roll back a bad GPU driver.

Common myths to avoid:

  • The Advanced options in msconfig for Number of processors and Maximum memory do not overclock or unlock performance. They cap resources. Leave them unchecked unless a vendor specifically instructs you otherwise.

Recovery tip if a change leaves the system unbootable: power-cycle during the Windows logo 3 times to trigger Automatic Repair, then Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > press 4 (Safe Mode). Run msconfig and undo your changes. If you are stuck in Safe boot, you can also clear it from an elevated prompt:

bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

Pop-up behavior from apps (e.g., updaters) is unrelated to GUI Boot; manage those inside the app or uninstall.

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Member Avatar for OlyComputers

If you don't understand the difference you probably don't want to use them at all.

The no GUI boot simply gets rid of the graphical moving bar during start-up. It saves a few seconds but without it you can't know if your system is frozen during start-up.

Base video loads it in VGA mode, (640x480 16-bit)

OS boot information shows a list of what's loading as it happens (during start-up).

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if you want your laptop/computer to startup super fast
press windows key + R and type msconfig in the tabs click boot
put timeout at 3 seconds, click NO gui boot, goto advanced and click
mamium number of processes and then click maxium usage of ram and click apply
and the restart your laptop/pc.
THESES ARE THE SETTING I HAVE ON MY LAPTOP AND IT BOOTS IN 11 SECONDS:cool:

Member Avatar for paul.tate.9210

DO NOT set the NOGUI boot option. If you do this then schedule a disk check at start up you can EASILY be fooled into thinking your computer has frozen, without the GUI to tell you what's going on.

This is from experience.

http://paul.us2uk.eu/?x=entry:entry130702-165607

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I Set NOGUI boot option and windows doesn't start.
Now what can i do

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Run msconfig.exe and deselect the No GUI Boot option in the Boot tab.

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what if u have a blue screen

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u have a blue screen

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Here is my question:
I am on Windows 7 and I am unable to stop annoying popups asking me to update my application ( Malwarebytes) to a new version ( for a fee!). Every 10 minutes! I have tried all possible ways. To no avail!

I even ran a test and disconnected the Internet. They still pop up! There must be something in the Register or in the Applicatiion Data which kicks in the prompt.

Malwarebytes suggest that I can stop the prompts by changing the settings through GUI boot (?). They are not clear how, though, and I haven't the faintest idea what GUI boot is and does .

Anyway, following hints from somewhere else, I have enabled GUI booting with the bcdedit command in the elevated command prompt. Apparently it went through, because the command prompt confirms the operation was successful.

Now there are two new items in the Start Menu-Programs/Accessories : Power Shell and PS ISE. The first displays a Command prompt starting with : PS C:\users\My name and the 2nd an interface screen with a file called " untitled1.PS1" and a lower pane to type something ing in. I don't know what!

I don'teven know if these are the GUI interface screens, but neither shows a SETTINGS option to go to the application and modify it.

Can you explain how to go about this?

Thanks

Ittiandro

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