Unbranded Boot

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You can suppress Windows elements that appear when Windows starts or resumes and tin suppress the crash screen when Windows encounters an error that it cannot recover from. This characteristic is known equally Unbranded Boot.

Of import

The first user to sign in to the device must be an administrator. This ensures that the RunOnce registry settings correctly apply the settings. Too, when using auto sign-in, yous must not configure auto sign-in on your device at blueprint time. Instead, motorcar sign-in should be configured manually after first signing in as an ambassador.

Requirements

Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Professional, or Windows 10 Education.

Terminology

  • Turn on, Enable: To brand the setting bachelor to the device and optionally apply the settings to the device. More often than not "turn on" is used in the user interface or control console, whereas "enable" is used for command line.

  • Configure: To customize the setting or sub-settings.

  • Embedded Kicking Experience: this characteristic is called "Embedded Kick Feel" in Windows x, build 1511.

  • Custom Boot Feel: this feature is called "Custom Boot Experience" in Windows ten, build 1607 and later.

Turn on Unbranded Kick settings

Unbranded Boot is an optional component and is not enabled by default in Windows x. It must be enabled prior to configuring. For end-users, Unbranded Boot is available through Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off.

If Windows has already been installed you cannot apply a provisioning package to configure Unbranded Boot; instead you lot must apply BDCEdit to configure Unbranded boot if Windows is installed.

BCDEdit is the primary tool for editing the startup configuration and is on your development calculator in the %WINDIR%\System32 folder. You have administrator rights for it. BCDEdit is included in a typical Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 4.0. You lot can download it from the BCDEdit Commands for Boot Environment in the Microsoft Download Middle if needed.

Turn on Unbranded Boot past using Control Console

  1. In the Search the web and Windows field, type Programs and Features and either press Enter or tap or click Programs and Features to open up information technology.
  2. In the Programs and Features window, click Turn Windows features on or off.
  3. In the Windows Features window, expand the Device Lockdown node, and bank check or articulate the checkbox for Unbranded Boot.
  4. Click OK. The Windows Features window indicates Windows is searching for required files and displays a progress bar. Once found, the window indicates Windows is applying the changes. When completed, the window indicates the requested changes are completed.
  5. Click Close to shut the Windows Features window.

Configure Unbranded Boot settings at runtime using BCDEdit

  1. Open up a control prompt as an administrator.

  2. To disable the F8 primal during startup to forestall access to the Avant-garde startup options menu, type the following:

                      bcdedit.exe -set {globalsettings} advancedoptions faux

  3. To disable the F10 key during startup to forbid access to the Advanced startup options menu, type the following:

                      bcdedit.exe -fix {globalsettings} optionsedit simulated

  4. To suppress all Windows UI elements (logo, status indicator, and status message) during startup, type the following:

                      bcdedit.exe -set up {globalsettings} bootuxdisabled on

  5. To suppress fault display during boot, type the following:

                      bcdedit.exe -set {bootmgr} noerrordisplay on

Configure Unbranded Boot using Unattend

Yous can likewise configure the Unattend settings in the Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-BootExp component to add Unbranded Boot features to your image during the pattern or imaging phase. You tin manually create an Unattend answer file or use Windows Arrangement Image Manager (Windows SIM) to add the appropriate settings to your answer file. For more information about the Unbranded Boot settings and XML examples, see the settings in Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-BootExp.

Unbranded Boot settings

The following table shows Unbranded Boot settings and their values.

Setting Description
DisableBootMenu Contains an integer that disables the F8 and F10 keys during startup to prevent access to the Advanced startup options bill of fare.

Gear up to 1 to disable the carte; otherwise; ready to 0 (zippo). The default value is 0.
DisplayDisabled Contains an integer that configures the device to brandish a blank screen when Windows encounters an error that information technology cannot recover from.

Gear up to 1 to display a bare screen on fault; otherwise; set to 0 (zero). The default value is 0.
HideAllBootUI Contains an integer that suppresses all Windows UI elements (logo, status indicator, and condition message) during startup.

Set to one to suppress all Windows UI elements during startup; otherwise; set to 0 (zero). The default value is 0.
HideBootLogo Contains an integer that suppresses the default Windows logo that displays during the OS loading phase.

Fix to one to suppress the default Windows logo; otherwise; set to 0 (zero). The default value is 0.
HideBootStatusIndicator Contains an integer that suppresses the status indicator that displays during the OS loading stage.

Set to ane to suppress the status indicator; otherwise; set to 0 (cipher). The default value is 0.
HideBootStatusMessage Contains an integer that suppresses the startup status text that displays during the OS loading stage.

Prepare to 1 to suppress the startup status text; otherwise; set to 0 (zero). The default value is 0.

Customize the kicking screen using Windows Configuration Designer and Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)

If Windows has non been installed and you are using Windows Configuration Designer to create installation media with settings for Unbranded Boot included in the epitome, or you are applying a provisioning packet during setup, you must enable Unbranded Boot on the installation media with DISM in gild for a provisioning packet to successfully apply. First you lot have to create the image or package.

  1. Create a provisioning package or create a new Windows image in Windows Configuration Designer past post-obit the instructions in Create a provisioning package.

  2. In the Available customizations folio, select Runtime settings > SMISettings and then set the value for the boot screen settings. The following values are just examples.

    • HideAllBootUI=FALSE
    • HideBootLogo=FALSE
    • HideBootStatusIndicator=True
    • HideBootStatusMessage=Truthful
    • CrashDumpEnabled=Full dump

    Tip

    See SMISettings in the Windows Configuration Designer reference for more than information about the available SMISettings.

  3. Once y'all have finished configuring the settings and building the package or image, y'all use DISM to apply the settings.

    1. Open up a command prompt with administrator privileges.

    2. Copy install.wim to a temporary folder on hard drive (in the following steps, it assumes it'south called c:\wim).

    3. Create a new directory.

                            doctor c:\wim

    4. Mount the image.

                            dism /mountain-wim /wimfile:c:\bootmedia\sources\install.wim /index:1 /MountDir:c:\wim

    5. Enable the characteristic.

                            dism /image:c:\wim /enable-feature /featureName:Customer-EmbeddedBootExp

    6. Commit the change.

                            dism /unmount-wim /MountDir:c:\wim /Commit

In the following image, the BootLogo is identified by the dark-green outline, the BootStatusIndicator is identified past the red outline, and the BootStatusMessage is identified by the blue outline.

unbranded boot screen

The just supported way to replace the startup logo with a custom logo is to modify the Boot Graphics Resources Table (BGRT) on a device that uses UEFI every bit the firmware interface. If your device uses the BGRT to include a custom logo, information technology is e'er displayed and you cannot suppress the custom logo.

Custom Logon