Windows 7: Boot time under 15 seconds?
When Microsoft was developing Vista, or Longhorn, as it was known way back when, company officials were fond of making promises about ways that Microsoft would improve on Windows XP with its next-generation Windows release.
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3.9.2008 Microsoft: Samsung Deal Could Improve Xbox, Zune
Microsoft executives said the patent deal struck with Samsung Thursday morning could have implications for the Zune MP3 player and the Xbox, as well as for Windows PCs.
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21.4.2007 Windows 7 (15-Seconds-Boot) No Match for Windows Instant On (8-Seconds-Boot)
Microsoft revealed that it is targeting a 15 seconds boot time for Windows 7 in laboratory conditions, but the fact is that the Redmond company is cooking even something better.
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16.10.2008 Windows 7 10-Second Boot
Over a year ago, Microsoft revealed that it considered 15 seconds the ideal startup time for Windows 7 under laboratory conditions.
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7.10.2009 How to Change Windows Vista Boot Screen
Some of you remember how it was possible to change the boot logo screen of Windows 95/98. I'm not sure why anyone would go into the trouble of actually doing it, but it seems that it is possible to do the same for Windows Vista.
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19.11.2007 Dual Boot Windows and Linux on Supercomputers
As far as Microsoft is concerned, Windows and Linux dual boot scenarios go beyond the desktop, well beyond. The Redmond company's proprietary operating system and the open source platform can also dual boot on supercomputers.
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19.6.2008 Windows 7 695x boot screen revealed
Chris Holmes, Windows Enthusiast and blogger, has posted a short and somewhat blurry video of the new Windows 7 boot screen in action.
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4.12.2008 The Windows 7 11-Second Boot and the Computer That Made It Possible
Windows 7s evolution compared to Windows Vista is undeniable, and the lucky few that so far have had access to the RTM bits of the latest Windows client can confirm this.
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18.9.2009 Windows Vista Boot Logo Generator Beta
I know a lot of people were disappointed by the lack of a decent boot logo in Vista, so Ive thrown together a tool that should simplify the process of creating the new high resolution boot logos!
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16.1.2007 Enable New Boot screen in Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2
Tired of the pathetic boot screen in current Vista builds? There is a new trick that will allow you to see what may be the new boot screen for Windows Vista.
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12.5.2006 No Boot Clean Installs Using Windows Vista Upgrade Discs
Although it has been discussed to death here, some official coverage on the front page is needed. Thanks to Ambiance for posting a direct response from Microsoft about the issue.
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28.1.2007 Remove Unnecessary Startup Entries To Boot Windows Faster
Sometimes it's very frustrating when your computer is booting up Windows very slowly especially when someone calls you up to check something on your computer, and you need to call back because your computer takes ages to boot.
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5.5.2007 Windows: Time to Go on a Diet
Obesity seems to be a pretty universal theme in our culture today. Were eating too many fatty and sugar-laced foods and our waistlines and our health are suffering as a collective result.
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3.3.2008 Windows 7 Makes It on Microsoft.com for the First Time
This is certainly a premiere... Windows 7 has managed to make it on a Microsoft.com home page for the first time.
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17.7.2008 Microsoft must know the right time to release Windows 7
Back in 2006, Microsoft released its last installment of Windows till date, Windows Vista to the market (Although it was released on January 2007 for broader audience and retail market).
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12.3.2009 Boot Camp: the day after
Now that Apple's Boot Camp is in the wild, there's very little to be said about booting into alternate operating systems on the Mac, right? Wrong! Because, not surprisingly, no sooner did Apple take the wraps off its little 30th birthday suprise, than Mac owners (or non-Mac owners who could cajole friends into lending them their Macs for a spell) began to put the Apple boot manager through its paces.
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6.4.2006 Vista Boot Screens
Thanks to desperados who report Vista bootscreens download in our forum and to Rick van Dijck (iemanduitnederland) author of the Boot Screens. Some nice boot screens for Windows Vista.
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12.3.2007 0wning Vista from the boot
Federico Biancuzzi interviews Nitin and Vipin Kumar, authors of VBootkit, a rootkit that is able to load from Windows Vista boot-sectors.
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26.4.2007 Windows Vista Blog: "It's Time" video
A simple two word blog post was made minutes ago, on the offical Windows Vista Blog:
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9.11.2006 Intel Macs may boot XP after all
Reports spreading across the web that Intel Macs can't boot Windows XP might be inaccurate, reports Dan Warne.
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14.1.2006 Apple Boot Camp 1.1.1 Beta
Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your own copy to the table, as Apple Computer does not sell or support Microsoft Windows.
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17.9.2006 Vista: Whatever happened to fast boot?
Anyone else remember when Microsoft used to talk about making Windows Vista (or Longhorn, as it was then known) a fast-booting operating system.
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12.4.2007 Windows Home Server nearly ready for prime time
A typical household with two adults and three children can easily have three or more computers. Since each of the users wants access to the Internet, their PCs are likely to already be connected to a router -- but sharing media files and other data among the computers often remains an arduous task.
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2.3.2007 Windows 7 RTM Availability Time-Line Update
Almost everybody who care about Windows 7 probably already knew that Windows 7 RTM General Availability (GA) is scheduled on October 22nd, 2009.
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22.7.2009 Windows 8 Server Roadmap Leaks, This Time in English
With the end of one operating systems development comes the beginning of another; arguably the most fun time of it all.
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15.8.2009 Apple Releases Boot Camp 1.1 (Beta)
Apple has quietly posted an update to Boot Camp to version 1.1. According to the Boot Camp page, the new version remains in beta and contains many updates for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users.
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16.8.2006 Vista scoots to new boot, but its still kinda rooted
While Microsoft would like the world to believe that anyone running Windows has no need of any other operating system, that attitude doesnt cut much mustard with many of its users.
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28.9.2006 Top 10 Microsoft Windows XP Tips of All Time
Despite all the hoopla about the introduction of Windows Vista, the truth of the matter is that the new OS isn't due for at least another seven to nine months.
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14.8.2006 Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X vs. Linux - for the Last Time in 2007
At the end of 2007 one thing is clear... Windows Vista is far from the Wow revelation that Microsoft aimed for with the late January worldwide consumer launch.
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1.1.2008 Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows
An Open Letter to Microsoft:
Windows XP did a great thing. It united two operating systems - the Windows 9x codebase and the Windows NT codebase (including Windows 2000).
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12.6.2009Engineering the Windows 7 Boot Animation
Steven Sinofsky: As we connect through this blog and through all of those talking about Windows 7 it is clear that folks have a lot of passion around
many topics. We learned early on about the passion around the boot/startup sequence and how important it was for that to go by quickly! At the same
time, we know that it is really dull to watch a HDD light blink when resuming a machine from hibernate or powering up a machine. To improve this first
connection with people, we set out to improve the boot sequencejazz it up if you will. It sounds pretty easy, but as we looked into solving this we
found it is a pretty significant engineering challenge. Our goal was to have fun while having no impact on the boot performance of the system. To
explain this engineering and describe the boot sequence, Karen Wong, a program manager on our Core User Experience feature team, authored this
post.
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19.02.2009Windows 7 695x boot screen revealed
Chris Holmes, Windows Enthusiast and blogger, has posted a short and somewhat blurry video of the new Windows 7 boot screen in action. The latest
sign of changes for Windows 7 signals a departure from the Vista boot up screen. Microsoft kept the boot screen simple with Vista after asking BIOS
makers, PC makers, and video card makers to remove product advertisement screens at system boot. Microsoft created a simple boot method which it
claimed took 6 seconds off initial boot compared to the more graphical boot that it had originally planned with the Longhorn betas.
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04.12.2008How Vista screws dual-booting
nirvana
Declan Kennedy at APC Magazine
has written an interesting
analysis looking at
Microsoft's suspicious
lack of advancement in OS boot
technique.
Put
simply, Vista will still
overwrite the master boot
record with no regard for any
other boot loader that may be
present.
But
Kennedy also describes how,
with the right boot loader
configuration, you can setup a
dual-boot system that allows
you to switch between Windows
and Linux without having to
reboot either OS, using
hibernation.
His
observations open up
interesting possibilities for
Mac users too. Boot Camp would
be considerably more useful if
it didn't involve closing
all applications and fully
restarting the system each
time. If it were just a case
of sleeping one OS to switch
to the other, it'd be the
next best thing to perfect
virtualisation. Will Apple
implement this in time for
Panther?..
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03.09.2006How To Warm Boot Windows XP/Vista
Unless you have to, it is many
times advantageous to warm
boot, or rather warm reboot,
Windows. In a warm reboot,
Windows restarts, but the
computer doesnt, skipping the
whole pre-Windows boot
screen/BIOS/startup sequence.
You an
easily specify a warm boot
in both Windows XP and Windows
Vista. Just hold down SHIFT on
your keyboard before clicking
Restart in Vista, or before
clicking OK in the restart
dialog in XP. Enjoy the extra
20 seconds!
Technically, the use of
the term warm boot is a bit
misused here, but the small
amount of time saved by not
re-running the BIOS can be
worth it.
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17.08.2007Enable New Boot screen in
Vista Beta 2
Tired of the pathetic boot
screen in current Vista
builds? There is a new trick
that will allow you to see
what may be the new boot
screen for Windows Vista.
This new boot screen
is still not what we have been
expecting but is a move in the
right direction compared to
the white progress bar screen
currently used.
Enable New Boot Screen:
1. Click on the
start orb and type in
"MSCONFIG" in the textbox.
2. Once the
System Configuration tool
loads, click on the Boot tab.
3. Under Boot
Options check "No GUI
Boot".
4. Hit
OK and reboot to see the new
screen
More
tweaks at source!
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12.05.2006Windows 7 695x Boot Screen Video
Chris Holmes: So last week, winfuture posted about Windows 7 build 6954 having a new boot screen. Ever since then, people have been wanting to see
exactly what this new boot screen looks like. I can tell you it looks pretty nifty. It is basically 4 animating balls that come together and form a
glowing windows flag, making for a pretty cool effect.
I recently had a chance to film this boot screen in action, so without
further ado, watch the video of the new Windows 7 boot screen...
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04.12.2008Ubuntu targets 10 second boot time for 2010 release
In an email to developers of the Linux distribution Ubuntu, Canonical's Scott James Remnant explained how they hope to achieve a 10 second boot
time with Ubuntu 10.04, the version to be released in 2010, after 9.10 is released this fall. The projected speed improvements come with changes to
the kernel, such as making the X.org server, which controls the display elements in Linux, load up quicker. The boot process will divided into
sections with time budgets: two seconds for Kernal and initramfs, Plumbing (drive loader), and X.org server; and four seconds for the desktop session
and other services. "This benchmark time is to a fully logged in desktop (auto-login) with an idle CPU and Disk.
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11.06.2009Windows 7 to Improve Boot Times
When I turn on my PC, it's because I want to use it, not make coffee while waiting. Windows Vista is a real pig when it comes to bootup times from
all of the services and drivers that initialize when the system starts. Microsoft has noticed this and is actually focusing a lot on it for Windows
7:
"For Windows 7, we have a dedicated team focused on startup performance, but in reality the effort extends across the entire Windows
division and beyond. Our many hardware and software partners are working closely with us and can rightly be considered an extension to the team.
As an example Windows 7 effort, we are working very hard on system services. We aim to dramatically reduce them in number, as well as reduce
their CPU, disk and memory demands. Our perspective on this is simple; if a service is not absolutely required, it shouldnt be starting and a trigger
should exist to handle rare conditions so that the service operates only then.
As noted above, device and driver initialization can be a
significant contributor as well. In Windows 7, we've focused very hard on increasing parallelism of driver initialization. This increased parallelism
decreases the likelihood that a few slower devices/drivers will impact the overall boot time."
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30.08.2008ASRock "4 second" Instant Boot for Windows
Want a way to boot up your Windows Vista PC from a full shut down in a matter of seconds? ASRock have the answer!
The solution is
technology that ASRock call Instant Boot. This is interesting technology because it leverages the S3 and S4 ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface) features which normally enable the Sleep/Standby and Hibernation modes in Windows to cut boot times down to something like 4 seconds. By
calling S3 and S4 at specific times during the startup and shutdown process, Instant Boot enables you to boot up to your Windows desktop in a few
seconds seconds, even after a total shut down.
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13.11.2008Vista tips and tricks: changing boot options on the fly
There are a number of boot options that can be used in Vista and Windows Server 2008 that can be a pain to modify (or not possible if you are in a
bugcheck loop), that can be done on the fly at boot time. These options are invaluable for diagnosing some problems you may experience on the system,
and modifying them in the OS may involve figuring out the bcdedit syntax, the right BCD store to modify, or rebuilding and burning a new install DVD
(if the problem is happening during install from media).
Some example boot switches you might want to use are...
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23.04.2008Microsoft touts Windows 7 for Netbooks
During a recent question and answer session with Brad Brooks, corporate vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing, he gave his take on
Windows 7 on netbooks, or mini-notebook PC's. Brooks confirms that Windows 7 will support netbook PC's, and not only support them, but
improve the consumers experience over any other Operating System. After recent showings at PDC, WinHEC, and CES, Brooks said users using Windows 7 on
netbook PC's had an overall great experience on the miniature devices, from Windows 7 small footprint, and improved user interface. Windows 7
will help improve boot up and shut down times on the netbooks, with a fully-functioning Windows experience.
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04.02.2009Vista Performance and Reliability Pack Unofficial Release
Thanks Nekrosoft for the news
on this major update to
Windows Vista that should for
most of us improve the speed
and reliability of Windows
Vista significantly!
Please note: These fixes
break all current methods of
bypassing driver singing
requirements except the good
old F8 during boot (that you
have to do every single time
you start vista)
IF
you are using Rivatuner,
atitool and or Peerguardian on
64bit vista, you will have to
use F8 every single time to
disable driver signing
requirements to use those two
programs. x86 version is
unaffected.
These
updates should go official on
the next patch Tuesday (in one
weeks time). Please read more
for the download links and
information on these
updates.
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30.07.2007Demonstration: Windows 7 VHD Boot
This command line demonstration explains how to build a bootable Windows 7 VHD image from a Windows 7 install.wim file using diskpart.exe and
imagex.exe. The demonstration continues with an explanation of how to configure the boot entry using bcdedit.exe and explains the limitations of VHD
Boot. Note: This screencast discusses a release candidate of a Microsoft product. The information in this screencast is provided as-is and is subject
to change without notice.
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01.05.2009Apple Software Adds Windows to
Mac
In a stunning move, Apple on
Wednesday officially
sanctioned the running of the
Windows XP operating system on
Intel-based Macs through the
release of a software package.
Called Boot Camp, the 86MB
beta product provides a
dual-boot sequence and the
drivers necessary to run
Windows...
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05.04.2006Engineering Windows 7: Boot Performance
Michael Fortin: For Windows 7, we have a dedicated team focused on startup performance, but in reality the effort extends across the entire Windows
division and beyond. Our many hardware and software partners are working closely with us and can rightly be considered an extension to the team.
Startup can be one of three experiences; boot, resume from sleep, or resume from hibernate. Although resume from sleep is the
default, and often 2 to 5 seconds based on common hardware and standard software loads, this post is primarily about boot as that experience has been
commented on frequently. For Windows 7, a top goal is to significantly increase the number of systems that experience very good boot times. In the
lab, a very good system is one that boots in under 15 seconds.
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30.08.2008Upgrading a Laptop to Dual
Boot with Windows XP x64
Edition
Columnist Barb Bowman explains
how she upgraded a AMD64
laptop to a dual boot system...
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04.01.2006Leopard's Boot Camp brings 'fast switching' between Mac OS X and Windows
Thanks to TUAW readers, tips
are rolling in on all the tiny
and not-so-tiny features that
Mac OS X Leopard will be
bringing in October. One
feature that is definitely
not-so-tiny is something I'll
dub 'fast switching' between
Mac OS X and your Boot Camp
Windows installation.
While this isn't quite
the built-in virtualization
that some users were hoping
for, it will minimize the
startup, shutdown and boot
times when switching between
the two OSes. Detailed on
http://www.apple.com/macosx/le
opard/features/bootcamp.html>B
oot Camp's new features page,
Apple has hooked their safe
sleep feature into Boot Camp
to allow Mac OS X to save all
your open applications and
windows, and then boot over
into Windows. Once you're
done in Windows, you can boot
back over to Mac OS X and pick
up where you left off - with
all your open applications and
documents put right back where
you left them.
This
is a great idea and an
interesting compromise between
making it a little too easy to
run Windows on your Mac, and
it also keeps Apple from
stepping on the toes of
virtualization products from
companies like Parallels and
VMware.
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12.06.2007Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second
Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation
that can start loading an OS in just under a second. Combined with Windows 7's optimized startup procedure, that means you're looking at incredibly
short boot times -- we saw a retrofitted Dell Adamo hit the Windows desktop in 20 seconds, while a Lenovo T400s with a fast SSD got there in under 10.
It's pretty slick stuff, and it should be out soon -- check a video after the break...
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25.09.2009Apple Releases Boot Camp 2.1 Update
Apple released Boot Camp 2.1 for
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Service Pack 3,
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This update addresses issues and improves compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista running
on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. It is highly recommended for all Boot Camp users.
Important: Installation of Boot Camp 2.1 is
required before installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)
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to allow Intel Mac owners to boot dual boot Windows alongside Mac OS X. Running Windows under Boot Camp provides you with a fully compatible Windows
environment.
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25.04.2008OLPC developing dual-boot Windows, Linux OS for laptops
The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops
aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday.
"We are working with them very closely to
make a dual-boot system so that, like on an Apple, you can boot either one up. The version that's up and running of Windows on the XO is very fast,
it's very, very successful. We're working very hard to do both," said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC.
It's a brand new
development for the XO laptops, as the low-cost notebooks are known, and came about because of Microsoft's friendlier attitude towards open source
software.
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