diff --git a/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machpc.c b/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machpc.c
index c846bf80ae..c7417aa6a2 100644
--- a/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machpc.c
+++ b/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machpc.c
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ DetectSerialMouse(PUCHAR Port)
     ULONG TimeOut;
     UCHAR LineControl;
 
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Shutting down mouse...");
     /* Shutdown mouse or something like that */
     LineControl = READ_PORT_UCHAR(Port + 4);
     WRITE_PORT_UCHAR(Port + 4, (LineControl & ~0x02) | 0x01);
@@ -322,6 +324,8 @@ DetectSerialMouse(PUCHAR Port)
      * is the case on Apple hardware), or the serial port is misbehaving,
      * therefore we must give up after some time.
      */
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Clearing mouse buffer...");
     TimeOut = 200;
     while (READ_PORT_UCHAR(Port + 5) & 0x01)
     {
@@ -334,16 +338,20 @@ DetectSerialMouse(PUCHAR Port)
      * Send modem control with 'Data Terminal Ready', 'Request To Send' and
      * 'Output Line 2' message. This enables mouse to identify.
      */
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Sending modem control...");
     WRITE_PORT_UCHAR(Port + 4, 0x0b);
 
     /* Wait 10 milliseconds for the mouse getting ready */
     StallExecutionProcessor(10000);
 
     /* Read first four bytes, which contains Microsoft Mouse signs */
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Reading mouse identifier...");
     TimeOut = 200;
     for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
     {
-        while (((READ_PORT_UCHAR(Port + 5) & 1) == 0) && (TimeOut > 0))
+        while ((READ_PORT_UCHAR(Port + 5) & 1) == 0)
         {
             StallExecutionProcessor(1000);
             --TimeOut;
@@ -353,6 +361,8 @@ DetectSerialMouse(PUCHAR Port)
         Buffer[i] = READ_PORT_UCHAR(Port);
     }
 
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Checking mouse type...");
     TRACE("Mouse data: %x %x %x %x\n",
           Buffer[0], Buffer[1], Buffer[2], Buffer[3]);
 
@@ -643,7 +653,11 @@ DetectSerialPorts(PCONFIGURATION_COMPONENT_DATA BusKey)
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_COM_PORTS; i++, BasePtr++)
     {
         Base = (ULONG) * BasePtr;
-        if (Base == 0 || !CpDoesPortExist((PUCHAR)Base))
+        if (Base == 0)
+            continue;
+        UiDrawBackdrop();
+        UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Checking port existence...");
+        if (!CpDoesPortExist((PUCHAR)Base))
             continue;
 
         TRACE("Found COM%u port at 0x%x\n", i + 1, Base);
@@ -709,9 +723,13 @@ DetectSerialPorts(PCONFIGURATION_COMPONENT_DATA BusKey)
                                Size,
                                &ControllerKey);
 
+        UiDrawBackdrop();
+        UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Checking port in use...");
         if (!Rs232PortInUse(UlongToPtr(Base)))
         {
             /* Detect serial mouse */
+            UiDrawBackdrop();
+            UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Checking port for mouse...");
             DetectSerialPointerPeripheral(ControllerKey, UlongToPtr(Base));
         }
 
@@ -1291,11 +1309,23 @@ DetectIsaBios(PCONFIGURATION_COMPONENT_DATA SystemKey, ULONG *BusNumber)
     (*BusNumber)++;
 
     /* Detect ISA/BIOS devices */
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting disks...");
     DetectBiosDisks(SystemKey, BusKey);
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting serial...");
     DetectSerialPorts(BusKey);
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting parallel...");
     DetectParallelPorts(BusKey);
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting keyboard...");
     DetectKeyboardController(BusKey);
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting ps2 mouse...");
     DetectPS2Mouse(BusKey);
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting display...");
     DetectDisplayController(BusKey);
 
     /* FIXME: Detect more ISA devices */
@@ -1316,10 +1346,20 @@ PcHwDetect(VOID)
     GetHarddiskConfigurationData = PcGetHarddiskConfigurationData;
 
     /* Detect buses */
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting PCI...");
     DetectPciBios(SystemKey, &BusNumber);
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting APM...");
     DetectApmBios(SystemKey, &BusNumber);
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting PNP...");
     DetectPnpBios(SystemKey, &BusNumber);
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting ISA...");
     DetectIsaBios(SystemKey, &BusNumber); // TODO: Detect first EISA or MCA, before ISA
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting ACPI...");
     DetectAcpiBios(SystemKey, &BusNumber);
 
     // TODO: Collect the ROM blocks from 0xC0000 to 0xF0000 and append their
diff --git a/boot/freeldr/freeldr/ntldr/winldr.c b/boot/freeldr/freeldr/ntldr/winldr.c
index 3ecda6be92..3be8f72489 100644
--- a/boot/freeldr/freeldr/ntldr/winldr.c
+++ b/boot/freeldr/freeldr/ntldr/winldr.c
@@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ LoadAndBootWindows(IN OperatingSystemItem* OperatingSystem,
         return;
 
     /* Load NLS data, OEM font, and prepare boot drivers list */
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(20, 100, "Scanning system hive...");
     Success = WinLdrScanSystemHive(LoaderBlock, BootPath);
     TRACE("SYSTEM hive %s\n", (Success ? "scanned" : "not scanned"));
     /* Bail out if failure */
@@ -787,6 +789,8 @@ LoadAndBootWindowsCommon(
 
 #ifdef _M_IX86
     /* Setup redirection support */
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(20, 100, "Setting up EMS...");
     WinLdrSetupEms((PCHAR)BootOptions);
 #endif
 
@@ -794,10 +798,16 @@ LoadAndBootWindowsCommon(
     SystemRoot = strstr(BootPath, "\\");
 
     /* Detect hardware */
+    UiDrawBackdrop();
+    UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting hardware...");
     LoaderBlock->ConfigurationRoot = MachHwDetect();
 
     if (OperatingSystemVersion == 0)
+    {
+        UiDrawBackdrop();
+        UiDrawProgressBarCenter(25, 100, "Detecting version...");
         OperatingSystemVersion = WinLdrDetectVersion();
+    }
 
     /* Load the operating system core: the Kernel, the HAL and the Kernel Debugger Transport DLL */
     Success = LoadWindowsCore(OperatingSystemVersion,