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   Hi! Andreas,   
      
   On 04/17/2019 03:33 AM, you wrote to All:   
      
    AD> Does anyone know how to get rid of the W95 boot screen? The   
    AD> fullscreen thing with the w95 logo on it. I don't mean to just press   
    AD> ESC if it appears, there is a way to disable it permanently, but I   
    AD> don't remember...   
      
   I remember doing this many, many moons ago, but I'm not really sure it was   
   WFWG 3.11 or Win9x.  Anyway, I have found some notes from last century that   
   might help you...   
      
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    AD>   Msg#: 567                                          Date: 12 Oct 95    
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    AD>   From: Peter Bryce                                  Read: Yes      
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    AD>     To: Dean Pettigrew                               Mark: Save   
    AD>   Subj: Re: Windows 95 Logo Change   
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    AD> [Aghast at the Win95 startup screen, Dean Pettigrew said to All...]   
      
    DP>> After just installing Windows 95 i want to change the   
    DP>> startup logo (The one that is shown when the system is booting) how to   
    DP>> i change this?   
      
    AD> Hi Dean.   
      
    AD> I posted up a (couple?) of messages about how to do it all awhile back,   
   and   
    AD> there's also other people who've done the same.   
      
    AD> Anyway, here's the info again in case the old messages aren't on your BBS   
    AD> anymore.   
      
    AD> Create a 256 color bitmap (.bmp) of 320x400 and place it into the root   
    AD> directory of your bootup hard drive. (typically C:\)   
    AD> (A standard 8 bit 256 color is the type to use. Don't use a 16 bit (ie.   
    AD>  16 million colour pic) because it won't be displayed.)   
      
    AD> Rename the pic to logo.sys   
      
    AD> Now each time you boot, Win95 will use that pic instead of it's "inbuilt"   
    AD> one.   
      
    AD> The pic _must_ be 320x400 pixels in size or else Win95 will spit the dummy   
    AD> and just show you text info that Windows is loading. If you use a 320x200   
    AD> pic, it will be displayed onscreen but will _not_ appear right.   
    AD> So you'll need to "stretch" any 320x200 pic you want to use, with a   
   suitable   
    AD> image processing program (ie. Paintshop Pro) by resizing it to 320x400 and   
    AD> then saving it as a .bmp file   
      
    AD> Beware of the logo.sys file being named with a Win95 long filename. It   
    AD> _must_ be a standard DOS 8.3 filename and not something like logo.sys.bmp   
   !   
    AD> ;-)   
    AD> If it's anything other than logo.sys, then it won't be used.   
      
    AD> BTW, you don't get the colour cycling loading bar at the bottom of your   
   pic   
    AD> as Win95 boots up with your new pic so don't panic.  ;-)   
      
    AD> Also, on a related topic, there are two files in the Windows directory   
    AD> called logos.sys and logow.sys   
    AD> These are standard 256 colour bitmaps (but at 320x400) used by Win95 to   
    AD> display the "safe to shutdown" and "please wait while shutting down"   
    AD> screens repectively. You can also change them according to the same   
    AD> limitations as logo.sys   
      
    AD> Any altered versions of logos.sys and logow.sys that you want to use needs   
    AD> to be in the Windows directory to work. (not C:\)   
      
    AD> (Be sure to back them up if you want to use them again if your new screens   
    AD>  aren't to your liking.)  ;-)   
      
      
    AD> Lastly, if you ever add the Win95 Plus Pack to your system, it will   
    AD> _replace_ any logo.sys file that you have on your system as your boot up   
    AD> pic.   
      
      
    AD> seeyalater.   
      
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   I hope it helps you, Andreas.  Have fun!   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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