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AndrewHall
Iron Contributor
May 23, 2025

How to force Win10 to show text rather than circle while loading

In past i happened to come a cross a Win7 laptop which showed what it was loading (string of text) before going to CTRL+ALT+DELETE screen. At that time this machine came quiet useful as we were trying to figure out why a batch of 10 laptops suddenly started to have 45 min of loading time. Due to the string of text we were able to pin point the issue due to the fact that the string of text pointed to a group policy which was reinstalling and than again installing the LOBs (line of business applications).

 

I am trying to setup a WIN10 to show the text rather than the circle while loading but unfortunately i am unable to find anything on internet to point to the right direction.

Any idea how to achieve this? any help would be appreciated.

PS: i apologies for my Grammar. English is not my native language

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  • Zachariahh's avatar
    Zachariahh
    Iron Contributor

    Once enabled, you’ll see text info during Windows 10 startup, similar to what you remember from Windows 7. It’s super useful for troubleshooting or just understanding what’s happening behind the scenes.

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