Force Windows 8 To Have Hybrid Boot always on

Windows 8 has been launched by Microsoft with many new feature which was not available in previous version of Windows as we all know. One of the best feature of Windows 8 is “Fast Startup” that is also known as Hybrid Boot. The work of this feature is to save the current kernel session and device drivers in hyberfil.sis, whose memory is about 4-8 GB or more.

Using this concept, Windows 8 is able to give us about 30-65% fast startup, after shut down. Hence compared to its earlier versions, Windows 8 wins the race in this segment. If you have a motherboard with UEFI, then the Fast Startup will be even faster.

But there are some settings which can be configured to disable the fast startup function. If you are using multi-user system, it may be possible that some other users may tweak this setting, and you might not be able to enjoy the fast startup. You may also wondering why your Windows 8 is booting suddenly slowly.

In this article, we’re going to share you the trick to lock the tweaking option, so that only you can change the setting for Hybrid Boot. Actually by default “Fast startup” is turned on, but using this way, you can force it to stay on and gray out the settings to be able to turn it off.

Disable option to disable Hybrid Boot or Fast Startup

Using Windows Registry Editor

1. Press the Windows Key + R simultaneously and put regedit in Run dialog box to open registry Editor.

2. Navigate to the following registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

3. Now right-click in right pane of the window and go to New - DWORD (32-bit) Value (for 32 bit operating system) and name it “HiberbootEnabled”.

4. Right click on above created DWORD value, select Modify. You will get this window:

5. Now you can use following values for Value data section:

Do NOT force “Hybrid boot” to be always turned on = ’0′ (Default Setting)

Force “Hybrid boot” to be always turned on =  ’1′

6. Close Registry Editor and reboot to see results.

Now even administrator has no option to to disable fast startup option.