DISABLE GUI BOOT

Another way to speed up Windows boot by a few seconds is to disable a feature called GUI boot. Remember that little animated progress bar you see when you boot up Windows? A pretty useless thing if you ask me. We are going to disable it:

1. Click on Start and type msconfig in the Search bar (XP users will need to click on Start - Run and type msconfig there). Hit Enter.
2. In the new window, go to the Boot tab (BOOT.INI in Windows XP)
3. Find and check the No GUI Boot option (/NOGUIBOOT in XP)
4. Click Apply, close Msconfig and reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.