Fast Boot issues

By default Windows 8 (and above) has a feature known as Fast Boot enabled, this can be rather problematic when dealing with RGB devices (at least for the initial setup).

Disabling Fast Boot

To disable fast boot, create a new file named Disable-fastboot.bat and paste the following code into it:

@echo off
echo Enabling Fast Boot Feature for Full Restart / Shutdown
if _%1_==_payload_  goto :payload

:getadmin
echo UAC Prompt must be accepted...
set vbs=%temp%\getadmin.vbs
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^)                >> "%vbs%"
echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "payload %~sdp0 %*", "", "runas", 1 >> "%vbs%"
"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
goto :eof

:payload
powercfg /hibernate on
goto :eof

:eof

Right click on the file, and click Run as Administrator. Fast boot should now be disabled.

Enabling Fast Boot

If you’d like to re-enable fast boot, create another file named Enable-fastboot.bat and paste this code into it:

@echo off
echo Disabling Fast Boot Feature for Full Restart / Shutdown
if _%1_==_payload_  goto :payload

:getadmin
echo UAC Prompt must be accepted...
set vbs=%temp%\getadmin.vbs
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^)                >> "%vbs%"
echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "payload %~sdp0 %*", "", "runas", 1 >> "%vbs%"
"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
goto :eof

:payload
powercfg /hibernate off
goto :eof

:eof

Right click on the file, and click Run as Administrator. Fast boot should now be enabled again.