Increase Windows 7 boot speed

Booting Windows 7 is, compared to Windows Vista, significantly faster, but there’s always reasons enough to speed up the boot time. In my case: waiting for my computer to get ready annoys me :)
This article will help you increase your boot speed in Windows 7.

1. Click Start, type ‘msconfig‘ in the search box and press ENTER
   (Instead of clicking Start, you could also press [WIN] +R, which will open the Run window)
2. In the System Configuration window, select the Boot tab. Refer to the image below to view the described options
3. Set the Timeout (1) field:
   If you only have one Operating System (which is Windows 7 :) ) installed, you should set it to 3 seconds (which is the minimum).
   If you have multiple operating systems installed on your computer, set the value to the desired amount of seconds you would like to have at boot time to select an operating system.
4. Set the No GUI Boot (2) option
   Select this option to disable the fancy Windows 7 logo at startup. Because it utilizes some CPU power, you should turn the GUI Boot off to speed up boot time.
5. Click on Advanced Options (3). This will open the Boot Advanced Options window.
6. Set the Number of processors  to the highest number available.
   Since a few years, it’s very likely for computers to have multiple (core) processors installed. To make advantage of this, check the box “Number of processors:” . Then click the drop down listbox and select the highest number. In my case, this is 8. (4)
   
7. You will be asked whether to Restart or to Exit without Restart. Select the option you want.

And we’re done!
Hopefully you notice a mighty speed increasement at boot time!