Startup (Professional x64 Edition, RTM & Service Pack 2)
Startup (Tablet PC Edition)
Startup (Media Center Edition)
Shutdown prompt
Shutdown complete (only appears on PCs without ACPI support)
Setup animation
"Please wait" screen, used during setup
Windows Vista
Startup (Phase 1 - this one is also used for Windows 7 Starter Edition and in Windows 7 when launching Startup Repair)
Startup (Phase 2)
Shutdown complete
Windows 7
Startup
Windows 7 support for Service Pack 1 ended in 2020.
Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Default Windows 8,8.1 and 10 loading screen
Computer manufacturer loading mostly seen on OEM builds like Dell in this screenshot
Logo with only the loading symbol
Example of Windows 8.1/10 booting using UEFI (no OEM)
On computers with UEFI firmware, the Windows logo is replaced with the logo of the computer/motherboard manufacturer. On other machines, only the Windows symbol is shown instead.
Windows 11
Startup with the old loading animation from Windows 8.x/10. Only used on Sun Valley (21H1) build.
Startup with 10X loading animation. This is currently used starting with the Sun Valley 2 (22H2) update.
Just like the Windows 8.x-10 startup animations, the Windows logo is replaced with the OEM/motherboard logo. Otherwise, the Windows logo is shown instead.