Show progress details when "Restarting..."/"Updating".. on windows 8.1

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I've seen a tweaked version of windows 8.1 that claims it will show the user exactly what Windows is doing when it's restarting or booting or any other annoying undetermined progress.

Those undetermined processes sometimes halts for a long time (sometimes I give up and make an hard reset - a thing I wish I could avoid by really knowing if the process is stuck or just taking too long).

There is a registry key which can give detailed status messages during while starting, shutting down, and logging on/off. It has been around since Windows 2000, and it's supported in Windows 8.x too. Start regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, create a new DWORD value called VerboseStatus and make sure it's set to 1. Log off to apply the changes. — and31415, Feb 03 '14 at 18:43
Possible duplicate of How can I display additional boot and shutdown information on the Windows 7 welcome screen?, How to enable Windows diagnostic / descriptive / detailed startup mode that shows what it's doing? — and31415, May 25 '14 at 21:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 17 '14 at 16:11

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@and31415 gave me exactly what I've wanted in his comment (thanks!):

Start -> Run -> regedit.

Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

create a new DWORD value called VerboseStatus and make sure it's set to 1.

Log off to apply the changes.

edited Feb 17 '14 at 16:11

Kevin Panko

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answered Feb 04 '14 at 02:05

Adam Tal

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Show progress details when "Restarting..."/"Updating".. on windows 8.1

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