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Any way to change background color of restart and shutdown screens yet?
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I'm sick of the dreary black screen whenever I restart and shut down Windows 11 and when updates are installing. Has anybody found a way to set screen color as we could easily do in 10? It seems Microsoft is forever taking away our choices and very rarely – if ever – giving us new ones.
OS
Win10 Pro x64 & 11 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Self Build
CPU
Intel Core i7-11700
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Strix Z590 Gaming
Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
LG 32UN650 32" 4k
Screen Resolution
3840x2160 @ 60Hz (175% scaling)
Hard Drives
Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe 250GB; WD Gold (WD1005FBYZ) 1TB; WD Black (WD1003FZEX) 1TB
PSU
Corsair RM850x
Case
Antec P100
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 with Noctua NF-P12 Redux & 120mm Case Fan x3
Keyboard
Logitech K740
Mouse
Logitech M310
Internet Speed
372 Mb down/12Mb up
Browser
Firefox & Edge
Antivirus
Windows Defender & Free MBAM
Other Info
Main PC
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Using BCDEDIT you can change the timeout to say 3 seconds and you will not see it long. Mine is set to 10. I do not believe you can alter the color.
OS
Win 11 Pro 26100.3476
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Dell Alienware Aurora R16
CPU
Intel Core i9 14900F (24 -Core, 68 MB Total Cache)
Motherboard
Dell Alienware
Memory
32GB DDR5
Graphics Card(s)
RTX 4080 Super
Sound Card
Realtec
Monitor(s) Displays
Corsair XENEON 32QHD165
Screen Resolution
2560 X 1440
Hard Drives
1-2TB Samsung 990 Pro PCIe NVMe M2 SSD
PSU
1000 Watt Platinum Dell
Case
Alienware
Cooling
Liquid Closed Loop
Keyboard
Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Mouse
Corsair M65 Pro
Internet Speed
1000Gb's Down-20 Up
Browser
Firefox 136.0.1
Antivirus
Defender
Other Info
Very Quiet And Fast
Operating System
Optimum 11 24H2 Build 26100.2454 & Linux Mint 22.1
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
IBuypower
CPU
Intel Core i5 1315u
Motherboard
ASRock
Memory
32GB DDR5
Graphics card(s)
PNY RTX 4017
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 2419HGCF
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
Kingston 2TB SNV2S20006 PCIe 4.0 M.2.2280
PSU
850Watt
Case
Small
Cooling
Closed loop Liquid
Mouse
IBP
Keyboard
IBP
Internet Speed
1GB
Browser
Firefox 133.0
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
Noisy but fast
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The update screen is always black. You have to live with it.
OS
Windows 11 Pro 24H2
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP ZBook G2
CPU
Intel® Core i7 5500u
Motherboard
HP
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Family Graphics AMD Firepro 4150M
Sound Card
Realtek High Audio
Hard Drives
1 TB SSD
Mouse
HP USB Mouse
Antivirus
Zone Alarm Free Antivirus/Zone Alarm Free Firewall NEXT GEN
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 24H2
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP Zbook G4
CPU
Xeon 1535m v6
Motherboard
HP
Memory
32 GB
Graphics card(s)
AMD Quadro Pro 4100
Sound Card
Bang and Olufson Audio
Hard Drives
1TB SSD
Mouse
HP USB Mouse
Antivirus
Zone Alarm Free Antivirus/Zone Alarm Free Firewall NEXT GEN
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Thanks, Josey Wales and NormanF. That's the bad news I unfortunately expected.
OS
Win10 Pro x64 & 11 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Self Build
CPU
Intel Core i7-11700
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Strix Z590 Gaming
Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
LG 32UN650 32" 4k
Screen Resolution
3840x2160 @ 60Hz (175% scaling)
Hard Drives
Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe 250GB; WD Gold (WD1005FBYZ) 1TB; WD Black (WD1003FZEX) 1TB
PSU
Corsair RM850x
Case
Antec P100
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 with Noctua NF-P12 Redux & 120mm Case Fan x3
Keyboard
Logitech K740
Mouse
Logitech M310
Internet Speed
372 Mb down/12Mb up
Browser
Firefox & Edge
Antivirus
Windows Defender & Free MBAM
Other Info
Main PC
Microsoft is forever taking away our choices
Colored boot screens take up too much resources..., just like showing seconds on the Taskbar clock takes up too much resources!!!
These feeble modern machines, with 128GB of RAM and 64 core processors can't handle that!!!
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS ROG Strix
Operating System
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS VivoBook
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I'm sorry, but I have to ask.... why do you sit and look at the screen when it's booting, shutting down, or updating? If you find something else to do, the color of the screen won't bother you
OS
W10, W11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
2 HP Desktops, 1 Dell Desktop, 2 Dell XPS Laptops, 1 HP Laptop
Doesn't even work with a High Contrast theme anymore! Matter of fact, it looks even worse!
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS ROG Strix
Operating System
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS VivoBook
why do you sit and look at the screen when it's booting
Religious experience ! (
MS made me do it!!! )
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS ROG Strix
Operating System
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS VivoBook
Has anybody found a way to set screen color as we could easily do in 10?
Anyway..., I believe that is all hardcoded in W11, it would probably take some 3rd party utility to pull it off.
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS ROG Strix
Operating System
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS VivoBook
