How to fix the bootup screen logo after running setup

thanatoid wrote:
"PCR" wrote in
:

SNIP

I failed to detect a serious slowing in my experiment to
activate the MS logo screen. I like it gone, just to see
the DOS lines in Config.sys & Autoexec.bat execute as I
boot.

I wish it just booted to the desktop without /anything/.

They did disappear when I activated the logo screen.
Are you saying yours still show up? Are you sure those are
DOS lines & not messages from BIOS? What does one of them
say?

It shows the 98 startup menu (I have it enabled) AGAIN for 30
seconds of what should be Natasha.
Also shows the autoexec.bat file, which I can ECHO out but then
it shows the c:\ECHO OFF

Sigh. Maybe I should use the F8 (IIRC) method for the startup
menu...



@echo off - hides echo and below except for anything which has its own
display or which you request verification

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thanatoid wrote:
"PCR" wrote in
:

SNIP

I failed to detect a serious slowing in my experiment to
activate the MS logo screen. I like it gone, just to see
the DOS lines in Config.sys & Autoexec.bat execute as I
boot.

I wish it just booted to the desktop without /anything/.

You're asking for too little.

They did disappear when I activated the logo screen.
Are you saying yours still show up? Are you sure those are
DOS lines & not messages from BIOS? What does one of them
say?

It shows the 98 startup menu (I have it enabled) AGAIN for 30
seconds of what should be Natasha.

I got these in this order when briefly set to show the MS logo...

(1) COMPAQ logo screen from BIOS.
While showing, I can hit F10 for BIOS Setup.
If BIOS were to post messages, I guess it would be here.
(2) MS Startup Menu.
Mine is set for 10 seconds in MSDOS.sys...
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDelay=10
But hit ENTER, & it goes away immediately.
Hit any key, & it stays until ENTER is pressed.
(3) MS logo screen-- Logo.sys in C:\ or the one in IO.sys.
Logo=1 in MSDOS.sys.
This is where DOS would show when Logo=0.
(4) The Windows desktop & its wallpaper.
R-Clk Desktop, Properties.

Also shows the autoexec.bat file, which I can ECHO out but then
it shows the c:\ECHO OFF

That shouldn't be! It should be obscured behind the MS logo. That's what
happened here. Are you sure you are set Logo=1 in MSDOS.sys? Can it be
the 2nd Frenchwoman you see is the wallpaer?

Sigh. Maybe I should use the F8 (IIRC) method for the startup
menu...

No! Just hit the ENTER key or set it quicker in MSDOS.sys!


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thanatoid wrote:
"PCR" wrote in
:

SNIP

I failed to detect a serious slowing in my experiment to
activate the MS logo screen. I like it gone, just to see
the DOS lines in Config.sys & Autoexec.bat execute as I
boot.

I wish it just booted to the desktop without /anything/.

You're asking for too little.

They did disappear when I activated the logo screen.
Are you saying yours still show up? Are you sure those are
DOS lines & not messages from BIOS? What does one of them
say?

It shows the 98 startup menu (I have it enabled) AGAIN for 30
seconds of what should be Natasha.

I got these in this order when briefly set to show the MS logo...

(1) COMPAQ logo screen from BIOS.
While showing, I can hit F10 for BIOS Setup.
If BIOS were to post messages, I guess it would be here.
(2) MS Startup Menu.
Mine is set for 10 seconds in MSDOS.sys...
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDelay=10
But hit ENTER, & it goes away immediately.
Hit any key, & it stays until ENTER is pressed.
(3) MS logo screen-- Logo.sys in C:\ or the one in IO.sys.
Logo=1 in MSDOS.sys.
This is where DOS would show when Logo=0.
(4) The Windows desktop & its wallpaper.
R-Clk Desktop, Properties.

Also shows the autoexec.bat file, which I can ECHO out but then
it shows the c:\ECHO OFF

That shouldn't be! It should be obscured behind the MS logo. That's what
happened here. Are you sure you are set Logo=1 in MSDOS.sys? Can it be
the 2nd Frenchwoman you see is the wallpaer?

Sigh. Maybe I should use the F8 (IIRC) method for the startup
menu...

No! Just hit the ENTER key or set it quicker in MSDOS.sys!


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR

John Dulak wrote in
:

SNIP

If you don't want the " c:\ECHO OFF " to display change
the line to:

@ECHO OFF

This will suppress the display of the command to the
screen.

HTH & GL

John

Thanks very much, John.

Actually I saw the @ in front of ECHO somewhere and tried it and
it did that, but it still shows the stupid startup menu for 30
secs... Tried it FIRST with the @ in fact, then took out the @
to see what it would do... What fun...

So [for /now/, sigh] I'm going with F8... /Strangely enough/, my
98SE help file says to (paraphrased) that to access the startup
menu "press CTL, on "SOME SYSTEMS" (sic, capitals mine) F8 will
do it"... Sigh...

Cheers.

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John Dulak wrote in
:

SNIP

If you don't want the " c:\ECHO OFF " to display change
the line to:

@ECHO OFF

This will suppress the display of the command to the
screen.

HTH & GL

John

Thanks very much, John.

Actually I saw the @ in front of ECHO somewhere and tried it and
it did that, but it still shows the stupid startup menu for 30
secs... Tried it FIRST with the @ in fact, then took out the @
to see what it would do... What fun...

So [for /now/, sigh] I'm going with F8... /Strangely enough/, my
98SE help file says to (paraphrased) that to access the startup
menu "press CTL, on "SOME SYSTEMS" (sic, capitals mine) F8 will
do it"... Sigh...

Cheers.

--
Lots of theoretical butchers are alleged and other bloody eyes
are suitable, but will Pam secure that?

MEB wrote in
:

SNIP

@echo off - hides echo and below except for anything which
has its own display or which you request verification

Right, thanks... see prev. reply...

SIGH...



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Lots of theoretical butchers are alleged and other bloody eyes
are suitable, but will Pam secure that?

MEB wrote in
:

SNIP

@echo off - hides echo and below except for anything which
has its own display or which you request verification

Right, thanks... see prev. reply...

SIGH...



--
Lots of theoretical butchers are alleged and other bloody eyes
are suitable, but will Pam secure that?

"PCR" wrote in
:

SNIP

I wish it just booted to the desktop without /anything/.

You're asking for too little.

I'm getting old... I'm still a jerk, but getting a lot less
demanding...

SNIP

I got these in this order when briefly set to show the MS
logo...

(1) COMPAQ logo screen from BIOS.
While showing, I can hit F10 for BIOS Setup.
If BIOS were to post messages, I guess it would be
here.

Mine says "press [something] for POST messages". I looked it up,
but I forget what it was... Didn't make much sense...

[BTW, I tried the BIOS logo flash utility... it has a variety of
weird restrictions AFA the "image", and it took about twenty
times and the furthest I got was "image palette error" or
something, but I did it just like it's supposed to be, RLE
compressed BMP and everything, 64KB or less... Who cares...

(2) MS Startup Menu.
Mine is set for 10 seconds in MSDOS.sys...
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDelay=10
But hit ENTER, & it goes away immediately.

This I knew, and in spite of getting old, 3 or 5 secs is enough
for me.

Hit any key, & it stays until ENTER is pressed.

This I did NOT know... No, wait a minute, I did know from my
fingers having done it gazibillions of times... just not
consciously...

(3) MS logo screen-- Logo.sys in C:\ or the one in IO.sys.
Logo=1 in MSDOS.sys.
This is where DOS would show when Logo=0.

Yup.

(4) The Windows desktop & its wallpaper.
R-Clk Desktop, Properties.

Sure... but what is the point of mentioning it here?

Also shows the autoexec.bat file, which I can ECHO out but
then it shows the c:\ECHO OFF

That shouldn't be! It should be obscured behind the MS
logo.

Many things SHOULD BE in MS products. I just look3d at my MS-DOS
5 book... At the time of its printing, the MS slogan used to be
"Making it all make sense[TM]".

Right.

That's what happened here. Are you sure you are set
Logo=1 in MSDOS.sys? Can it be the 2nd Frenchwoman you see
is the wallpaer?

I already /told you/ she's Canadian! And it's the same Windows
logo.sys but for SOME reason the damn startup menu interrupts it
every time!

I got really fed up with wallpapers a long time ago, after
collecting about a zillion of them... made some of my own too...
Way too much free time... Now I don't even have a custom color
scheme - I'm on plum now IIRC... I went to a lot of trouble to
set up an all greyshade scheme and I have it saved, but for some
reason on my "new" "monitor", (LG 17", last new CRT I could find
around here) it shows up in very faint shades of colors. I MAY
have had the graphics set to High Color not 32bit, like I do
now, but for now I don't see much point in checking if the
greyscale scheme look OK now or not... Do I sound a little
jaded?

Sigh. Maybe I should use the F8 (IIRC) method for the
startup menu...

No! Just hit the ENTER key or set it quicker in MSDOS.sys!

It's set for 3 or 5 secs, but the damn thing returns for 30
seconds every time I boot Windows...

Sigh...


--
Lots of theoretical butchers are alleged and other bloody eyes
are suitable, but will Pam secure that?

"PCR" wrote in
:

SNIP

I wish it just booted to the desktop without /anything/.

You're asking for too little.

I'm getting old... I'm still a jerk, but getting a lot less
demanding...

SNIP

I got these in this order when briefly set to show the MS
logo...

(1) COMPAQ logo screen from BIOS.
While showing, I can hit F10 for BIOS Setup.
If BIOS were to post messages, I guess it would be
here.

Mine says "press [something] for POST messages". I looked it up,
but I forget what it was... Didn't make much sense...

[BTW, I tried the BIOS logo flash utility... it has a variety of
weird restrictions AFA the "image", and it took about twenty
times and the furthest I got was "image palette error" or
something, but I did it just like it's supposed to be, RLE
compressed BMP and everything, 64KB or less... Who cares...

(2) MS Startup Menu.
Mine is set for 10 seconds in MSDOS.sys...
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDelay=10
But hit ENTER, & it goes away immediately.

This I knew, and in spite of getting old, 3 or 5 secs is enough
for me.

Hit any key, & it stays until ENTER is pressed.

This I did NOT know... No, wait a minute, I did know from my
fingers having done it gazibillions of times... just not
consciously...

(3) MS logo screen-- Logo.sys in C:\ or the one in IO.sys.
Logo=1 in MSDOS.sys.
This is where DOS would show when Logo=0.

Yup.

(4) The Windows desktop & its wallpaper.
R-Clk Desktop, Properties.

Sure... but what is the point of mentioning it here?

Also shows the autoexec.bat file, which I can ECHO out but
then it shows the c:\ECHO OFF

That shouldn't be! It should be obscured behind the MS
logo.

Many things SHOULD BE in MS products. I just look3d at my MS-DOS
5 book... At the time of its printing, the MS slogan used to be
"Making it all make sense[TM]".

Right.

That's what happened here. Are you sure you are set
Logo=1 in MSDOS.sys? Can it be the 2nd Frenchwoman you see
is the wallpaer?

I already /told you/ she's Canadian! And it's the same Windows
logo.sys but for SOME reason the damn startup menu interrupts it
every time!

I got really fed up with wallpapers a long time ago, after
collecting about a zillion of them... made some of my own too...
Way too much free time... Now I don't even have a custom color
scheme - I'm on plum now IIRC... I went to a lot of trouble to
set up an all greyshade scheme and I have it saved, but for some
reason on my "new" "monitor", (LG 17", last new CRT I could find
around here) it shows up in very faint shades of colors. I MAY
have had the graphics set to High Color not 32bit, like I do
now, but for now I don't see much point in checking if the
greyscale scheme look OK now or not... Do I sound a little
jaded?

Sigh. Maybe I should use the F8 (IIRC) method for the
startup menu...

No! Just hit the ENTER key or set it quicker in MSDOS.sys!

It's set for 3 or 5 secs, but the damn thing returns for 30
seconds every time I boot Windows...

Sigh...


--
Lots of theoretical butchers are alleged and other bloody eyes
are suitable, but will Pam secure that?

thanatoid wrote:
MEB wrote in
:

SNIP

@echo off - hides echo and below except for anything which
has its own display or which you request verification

Right, thanks... see prev. reply...

SIGH...




Yeah, saw that, I'm not getting what you want?
Is it NO screen as in blank, or a specific background during boot, or no
menu, some combination, or ... ??

It probably just me, but I'm not understanding what you're trying to
accomplish here...

Wait, a re-read... oh, so what you want is no interference with
Natasha, must look good.. anyway..

The echo statement as previously shown AS THE FIRST line in
autoexec.bat, then check for any sound [the number one offender], video,
or other drivers that might be loaded from the autoexec.bat [or
config.sys if you have one] which provide verification of loading.
If they came with info, read it for the command line option to repress
the verification. If no info, then try playing around with removing /v
or adding /-v in autoexec, or better still, post the autoexec and config
and we may be able to figure it out.

If you happen to have a resource hack tool, hex editor, File
Investigator, QuickView Plus, or similar, look at the offending loading
application for the commands within the file...

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