The Windows Vista BootScreen is pointless, but Microsoft decided to hide a more visually appealing boot screen that can easily be enabled with very little trouble. I’m not sure why they didn’t make the boot screen better.
If you really want a better boot screen, you can check out my article on creating a custom boot logo.
Here’s the default boot screen
And here’s the hidden one, called “Aurora”
All you have to do is type msconfig into the start menu search box, and hit enter.
Click the Boot tab, and then check the “No GUI boot” checkbox.
