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Paul Quinn | Andreas Dissel | W95 Boot Screen |
April 17, 2019 8:00 AM * |
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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... --- 8< --- AD> ├ä Area: AUST_WINDOWS ├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä AD> Msg#: 567 Date: 12 Oct 95 17:41:53 AD> From: Peter Bryce Read: Yes Replied: No AD> To: Dean Pettigrew Mark: Save AD> Subj: Re: Windows 95 Logo Change AD> ├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä├ä AD> @MSGID: 3:690/660.0 307cd59e AD> @PATH: 690/660 711/409 640/820 201 390 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. AD> ... "There's only so much reality a man can take!" - Morgan AD> -!- Blue Wave/Max v2.20 [NR] AD> ! Origin: Perth Omen BBS -- FASTER LIVE InterNet (+619) 244 2111 (3:690/660) --- >8 --- I hope it helps you, Andreas. Have fun! Cheers, Paul. --- Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 * Origin: Open the pod bay doors, HAL. (3:640/1384.125) |
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