Start-up in Windows 10 Pro

[eli]

I installed Windows 10 Pro on my HP laptop recently, and the start-up was not as clean as you would find in Windows 7 - press the power button and you wait for a minute or so until the desktop is seen, and with sound etc.

But this Windows 10 Pro when you press the power button, what comes on is this:
"Press ESC key for start-up menu" and when I do that, it comes back on a second time: "Press ESC key for start-up menu" and when I do that for a second time and wait, I see all the F's in the start-up menu - F1, F2, F7,F9,F10, F12, and "ENTER" to continue, and when I do that, and wait it will now proceed to start-up.

I understand Windows 11 has the same start-up issue.

How can I disable all these long drawn-out information on start-up, and, like in Windows 7, press the power button and wait until I hear the desktop theme come on.

By the way, the start-up sound in Windows 10 is disabled for some strange reason, but there is a way to get around that.

[Terryl]

First off, how old is the laptop? Does it have a BIOS screen or a UEFI screen? during the post on start up?

Here are some suggestions on this problem...


https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/21284-enable-disable-fast-boot-uefi-firmware-settings-windows.html

This would check if you have that option, or enable fast boot in the laptops BIOS or UEFI settings. (if they are there)

And this..


https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4189-turn-off-fast-startup-windows-10-a.html

This would set it up in the windows platform.

[Gates07]

i have an older laptop with win 7 on it when i tried to install win 10 on it i got some sort of screen that would not let it load, was missing something checked with the mfgr and this model was not able to load win 10 on

[Terryl]

Probably the correct GPU drivers are missing, W10 needs an onboard graphics card driver of DirectX 9 or later and with a WDDM 1.0 driver installed on top of that.

Also W10 is a CPU and ram hog, if your CPU is too slow (under a gigahertz) and you don't have at least 1 GB of free ram, it will be snail speed at best.

[Gates07]

one of the things i did was upgrade my memory to max, and install a Solid State H/D that speeded things a lot, did not know about directX9, thanks i will try that,

[eli]

Well, I did a little research online re my first above log, and found what someone wrote, and tried that.
It may have worked as the start-up is now much faster than before, and I am not seeing all those start menu items (F's) When the it says "press ESC key to start menu" Well, I didn't press that at all, let it ride itself out. And it did go away on further start-ups.

From power on to desk-top takes about 25 seconds, or less. So this is what I read and did:

(WINDOWS 10 PRO)

(1) Windows key + R
(2) Type MSCONFIG
(3) Hit ENTER
(4) Click BOOT tab
(5) Click in the TIMEOUT box, and change it to 0 (that's what is said, but the value is from 3 upwards) So change to 3
(6) Click apply, then OK
(7) Restart computer, if prompted

[steveOtoo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ij-xXHDzCk

[caretaker69]

still running w 8.1 on laptop but switched to linux on main pc. was told to avoid w11 good luck

[dishuser]

this thread isn't even in the correct section...lol

[mustaphamdu]

I just switched to Windows, too, and I had the same start-up issue as you. I found a solution that might work for you. To disable the start-up menu, press Windows key + R, type "msconfig" and hit enter. Then, go to the "Boot" tab and uncheck the "Safe boot" option. That should disable the start-up menu and allow you to boot up normally.
As for the start-up sound being disabled, I'm not sure why that would happen, but I'm glad you found a way to fix it. Windows 10 can be a bit tricky to navigate at first, but there are plenty of resources out there to help.
By the way, have you checked out the Cheap Windows 10 Keys (https://www.reddit.com/r/cheapwindowskeys/comments/wjvsae/cheap_windows_keys/) subreddit? They have some great deals on Windows keys if you need one.
Sorry for reviving a months-old thread, but I'm on the hunt for similar info and stumbled upon this post.