Verbose status messages during Windows startup and shutdown

Just a small registry script that makes status messages during startup and shutdown procedures in Windows 7 (and possibly Vista?) more interesting.

Create a simple text file with the following text in it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"VerboseStatus"=dword:00000001

Give the file a name with the reg extension, for example VerboseStatus.reg and run it. Double-clicking it should do the trick. After it has done it's job you should see some more interesting messages during startup and shutdown procedures 🙂

To turn it off again, just switch the 1 to a 0 in that reg file and run it again. Should do the trick... Not sure if I have tested that as I always have it on.