Unbranded Boot Overview (Standard 8)
7/8/2014
Learn how to add and configure Unbranded Boot on your Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) device.
You can use Unbranded Boot to suppress Windows 8 elements that appear when Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) starts or resumes. You can also use Unbranded Boot to suppress the crash screen when Standard 8 encounters an error that it cannot recover from.
Add Unbranded Boot to Your Image
You can add Unbranded Boot to your image by adding the Unbranded Boot module to your design in Image Configuration Editor (ICE) or Image Builder Wizard (IBW).
Unbranded Boot Configuration
You can configure Unbranded Boot at design time by using ICE, or you can add Unbranded Boot to your configuration in IBW with the standard default values.
Important
When using Unbranded Boot on a device, the first user to logon to the device must be an administrator. This ensures that Unbranded Boot settings are correctly applied by the RunOnce registry settings. Also, when using Unbranded Boot with auto logon, you must not configure auto logon on your device at design time. Instead, auto logon should be configured manually after first logging on as an administrator.
To manually set individual Unbranded Boot configuration settings at run time, use the BCDBoot command-line tool at an administrator command prompt as follows:
- Boot Menu
To disable the F8 key during startup to prevent access to the advanced boot options menu, type the following:
bcdedit.exe -set {globalsettings} advancedoptions falseTo disable the F10 key during startup to prevent access to the advanced boot options menu, type the following:
bcdedit.exe -set {globalsettings} optionsedit false
- Boot Screen
To suppress all Windows UI elements (logo, status indicator, and status message) during startup, type the following:
bcdedit.exe -set {globalsettings} bootuxdisabled on
For more information about Unbranded Boot module settings, see Unbranded Boot.
Replace the Boot Logo
The only supported way to replace the boot logo in Standard 8 with a custom logo is to modify the Boot Graphics Resource Table (BGRT) on a device that uses UEFI as the firmware interface. If your device uses the BGRT to include a custom logo, it is always displayed, and Unbranded Boot cannot suppress the custom logo.