thanatoid wrote:
Franc Zabkar wrote in
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SNIP

Is it possible that the Compaq logo is patched into the
BIOS? Modern motherboards (eg Asus, Gigabyte) are
supplied with utilities that allow users to add their own
logos and backgrounds to the BIOS.

Well, it is a Compaq BIOS, & I've even flashed it with a
Compaq download. That never occurred to me, but I guess it
is possible. The flash is... System ROM Family: 686S4;
System ROM Date: 7/25/00. I have no such utility for my
BIOS.

These are the modules in my BIOS:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S...OS/MODULES.TXT

I believe that the "Small OEM Logo" is the "Green" logo.

This is a dump of my AMI BIOS:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S7A2/BIOS/L7S7A2.RPT

SNIP

I believe these and your other links relate to the image which
appears on the screen after you /power up/, not when Windows is
starting. For instance, I happen to also have a Compaq (sigh)
and there is a Compaq utility to change the built-in red Compaq
logo with "your company logo" or whatever, but it just has not
been worth the bother.

Do you have a Log.sys in C:\? Have you ever seen an MS logo screen at
boot on that Compaq? (I can't recall I ever have. I did put Logo=0 into
MSDOS.sys-- but that was a vain attempt to stop that big, red COMPAQ.)
The only Logo.sys I've got is in the Options\Cabs folder. (And I don't
recall deleting one!) It's a flying Windows logo that says Microsoft
Windows 98. But on the bottom it says: "Getting ready to run Windows for
the first time". That can't be normal. I wonder why I didn't get a
utility like yours for my Compaq 7470. What is it called? But I'd be
loath to download one, if it isn't on here already somewhere.

Without going back and reading the whole thread, I believe PCR
wants the /Windows/ start up logo changed, and I have NO idea
where he can find the one with Dell and MS logos in it (let
alone WHY HE WOULD WANT IT ;-) but there are several programs
which let you play around with those Windows logos (there are
actually a total of 3 in all as we all know) and change them
from time to time or per schedule etc., but since processors
have gotten very fast, no one seems to care much anymore. I /DO/
have my own startup logo but I do not even recall seeing the
Wait and Shut Down logos in a LONG time, and I only have a 2GHz
processor!

I'm not the first one in this thread who wanted to change it. I started
out just wanting it to go away. But maybe I'll change it. But I don't
have a Dell.


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