I did in fact just try this, and I also noticed the increase in boot time. The delay is just after the welcome screen, with a desktop background, I suffered ~3-7 seconds, however with a solid color set, it took closer to ~10-15 seconds (not the 30 you were claiming but still an increase). I only tested it once though.
Happened on my custom build, x64 Windows 7 Ultimate. However, even though it added some extra time on the solid colour background - it seemed 'more ready' to get started, so overall there wasn't a delay for when Windows became 'usable'. Still, strange bug though.. @Michel, sure you used a solid colour from the drop-down and not from a file?
well i used windows 7 64bit rtm sha: 326327cc2ff9f05379f5058c41be6bc5e004baa7 happens to me every time i select solid color background is a bug tho it took me a while to discover the cause of this one
Wow, thanks, this has been bugging me a long time. Using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Hope they fix this, very odd behaviour, but guess I could just make a solid color desktop image.
OMG this is a show stopper bug we need to recall all Windows 7 versions and rebuild the RTM. Just saying it before someone else does
Will work just fine with pictures of any kind. The bug appears only when u use solid color background and not on all computers seems!
[Shell] Command = 2 IconFile = explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command = ToggleDesktop Put that in a text file and save as showdesktop.scf and put the file in "Startup" folder. Not sure why this delay occurs tho.
I can't reproduce this bug... HAHA... nice one... doesn't work for me though... tried it a couple of times Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Windows 7 Ultimate x64