Windows 7 boot faster and changed logo

Windows 7 boot faster and changed logo, what happened?

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum.

I recently installed Parallels Desktop on my Mac so I can use my BOOTCAMP (windows 7) installation in Parallels Desktop. Now Windows 7 boots faster, and the boot logo changed to the one in Vista (no logo, just a progress bar). How is that possible? What changes did Paralells do to my Windows installation?

Thank you, best regards.

 

After doing more test, I realized it is not faster with the vista boot logo. It's just an illusion because the logo isn't shown as long. I also figured out that the change is done in BCD configuration.

See this topic:
http://www.askvg.com/fix-windows-7-boot-screen-changed-to-vista-styled/

Running these two commands worked for me:
bcdedit /set {current} locale en-US
bcdboot %WinDir% /l en-US

after that, I have the Windows 7 logo with an illusion of slower boot time.

I believe the BCD parameter "graphicsmodedisabled Yes" was responsible for the Vista boot logo. Maybe I can change this setting with EasyBCD.



When running bcdedit (from command prompt with admin privileges) with parallels desktop:

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {f8e06841-a9d8-11e1-b051-a78355e1eb7d}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
graphicsmodedisabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {f8e06841-a9d8-11e1-b051-a78355e1eb7d}
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes


Without parallels

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {default}
resumeobject {f8e06843-a9d8-11e1-b051-a78355e1eb7d}
displayorder {default}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {default}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {f8e06843-a9d8-11e1-b051-a78355e1eb7d}
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes

 

So the solution to put back Vista boot logo on Windows 7 is:
Run cmd as admin

Windows vista logo:
bcdedit /set graphicsmodedisabled Yes

Windows 7 logo:
bcdedit /set graphicsmodedisabled No

 

I found that after every boot, graphicsmodedisabled yes will appear again

 

Hello, could you provide us with the detailed issue description please?
What is your Parallels Desktop version, also a screenshot of the error message will be very helpful.
Looking forward to your reply.

 

In Parallels 16, my Windows 7 VM includes the following in the config.pvs file:

Code:

         <HideBiosOnStartEnabled>0</HideBiosOnStartEnabled>
         <UseDefaultAnswers>0</UseDefaultAnswers>
         <CompactHddMask>0</CompactHddMask>
         <CompactMode>0</CompactMode>
         <DisableWin7Logo>1</DisableWin7Logo>
         <OptimizeModifiers>3</OptimizeModifiers>
         <StickyMouse>0</StickyMouse>
         <PauseOnDeactivation>0</PauseOnDeactivation>
         <FEATURES_MASK>0</FEATURES_MASK>
         <EXT_FEATURES_MASK>0</EXT_FEATURES_MASK>

After changing the line

Code:

<DisableWin7Logo>1</DisableWin7Logo>

to

Code:

<DisableWin7Logo>0</DisableWin7Logo>

and rebooting the VM, the boot logo appeared again.