How to fix the bootup screen logo after running setup

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:38:45 -0400, "PCR" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:24:27 -0400, "PCR" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Franc Zabkar wrote:

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.

That sounds like a possibility. And that is your startup screen? I have
no way to look into my own BIOS.

Those modules were extracted using AMI's amibcp.exe utility.

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

These are the binary modules that were extracted from the compressed
image:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S7A2/BIOS/

Gigabyte "Face-Wizard":

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...facewizard.htm

"Face-Wizard™ allows user to select BIOS on board or file in hard
drive/floppy disk/zip/MO or other storage devices and combine the
compatible picture you prefer into BIOS. And not only this,
Face-Wizard™ also helps user to update BIOS in Windows mode."

That sounds scary to me. I wouldn't want to make it impossible to boot.
Of course, I do have my BIOS on a floppy ready to flash again if
necessary. But really -- if anything -- I'd just want that COMPAQ screen
to disappear, not to replace it. I'd want to see whether anything shows
up under it. Putting Logo=0 into MSDOS.sys had no effect. There never
was an MS bootup screen that I can recall-- & it doesn't prevent the
big, red COMPAQ!

Disconnect your hard drive. If the logo still comes up, then it's
embedded in your BIOS code.

I should put a Logo.sys into C:/ (I have one elsewhere) & set Logo=1 to
see what happens. But I can swear the one in IO.sys never showed back
when I had no Logo=0.

Well, looking inside IO.sys, I do see...
0003 5F20 00 00 43 4F 4D 50 41 51 00 00 54 4F 53 48 49 42
..COMPAQ..TOSHIB

Mine has the same.

...So, it's possible that was altered. OK, I've set it to show Logo.sys
& will report back next boot.

Asus MyLogo Series:
http://www.asus.com/999/html/events/mb/mylogo.htm

"With the MyLogo Series, you can download your favorite image from
Windows into the BIOS Flash ROM, providing a fast, convenient way to
'decorate' your system."

That actually looks nice, but I'd fear it weren't compatible with this
Compaq.

No, it won't be. I just included it to show you that adding customised
logos to your BIOS was possible.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

"PCR" wrote in
:

thanatoid wrote:

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:\?

If you mean "logo.sys", yes. Customized - it's Natasha
Henstridge in a white bikini and it says, in French, "démarrage
de Win 98SE Lite". Not sure how it ended up that way - well, I
thought it looked good, obviously... It's HIGH time to change it
but I seem to have stopped caring about a lot of stuff recently.

Have you ever seen an MS logo
screen at boot on that Compaq? (I can't recall I ever have.

I can not under any circumstances imagine an MS logo appearing
after pressing the power button - FOR NOW. It is entirely
possible that the time will come when MS will have total control
of the BIOS as well as all the other stuff they are
"supervising" on XP+ machines already. Paranoia or whatever...
but - for the purposes of this discussion - AFAIK, the BIOS has
nothing to do with whether it's a Mac or Linux or Win 3.11 or
Win7 machine.

I did put Logo=0 into MSDOS.sys-- but that was a vain
attempt to stop that big, red COMPAQ.)

No, the MSDOS.sys file only affects what happens when the OS
starts - 98SE is really a big DOS shell, which is why you have
all the DOS files and stuff flashing on the screen etc. - but
all that is already WAY PAST the BIOS stage.

The only Logo.sys
I've got is in the Options\Cabs folder.

I have that /directory/ but I don't have that file in it.

(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 think it must have ended up in there doing one or another
installation of Windows and just stayed there. Like I said, I
don't have it, but I run Win98SE /LITE/ so that /may/ have
something to do with it. The flying Windows logo is replaced by
a 98 Lite screen - which I replaced with the Natasha H. one ages
ago.

I wonder why I didn't get a utility like yours for
my Compaq 7470.

I didn't "get it" either, I happened to run across with when
****ing around with something or other. There may or may not be
one for your machine - the HP site is actually very
comprehensive with lots of very useful files. But my machine is
a "business" (AOT "home" model) and that utility may not be
available for home models. Which is not to say it may not work
on your BIOS, but... need I say more? It's part of either
SP30649 - for business desktops ONLY - or SP28117 which MAY be
for business desktops ONLY, can't remember - but it still MIGHT
run on your BIOS, or destroy it.

Of course, there are many BIOS backup/restore programs
available. I have flashed the BIOS in both my current machines
several times and - strangely and surprisingly enough - nothing
awful ever happened. But something awful CAN, of course, always
happen, very easily.

What is it called? But I'd be loath to
download one, if it isn't on here already somewhere.

Sounds contradictory. I'd "love to" or I'd "be loath"?

loath or loth (l÷th, l÷Š) adj.unwilling; reluctant: to be
loath to admit a mistake. [bef. 900; ME loth, lath, OE l€th
hostile, hateful, c. OS l�th, OHG leid, ON leithr]— loath‚ness
n. — yn. See RELUCTANT.

SNIP

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.

If you get an older version of SiSoft Sandra which runs on 98,
it will recommend that you remove the startup Windows logo (MS
or custom) to speed things up. Again, that may have mattered in
the days of P1 and P2 processors. I just wish I knew if there is
a way to stop all the DOS crap flashing in between Natashas a
couple of times - it may just be a missing DOS echo command or
it may be something else - again, the days when I spent 3 hours
building a bizarre-yet-satisfying color scheme etc. are long
gone. [But if anybody knows, please tell me! ;-) ]


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

"PCR" wrote in
:

thanatoid wrote:

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:\?

If you mean "logo.sys", yes. Customized - it's Natasha
Henstridge in a white bikini and it says, in French, "démarrage
de Win 98SE Lite". Not sure how it ended up that way - well, I
thought it looked good, obviously... It's HIGH time to change it
but I seem to have stopped caring about a lot of stuff recently.

Have you ever seen an MS logo
screen at boot on that Compaq? (I can't recall I ever have.

I can not under any circumstances imagine an MS logo appearing
after pressing the power button - FOR NOW. It is entirely
possible that the time will come when MS will have total control
of the BIOS as well as all the other stuff they are
"supervising" on XP+ machines already. Paranoia or whatever...
but - for the purposes of this discussion - AFAIK, the BIOS has
nothing to do with whether it's a Mac or Linux or Win 3.11 or
Win7 machine.

I did put Logo=0 into MSDOS.sys-- but that was a vain
attempt to stop that big, red COMPAQ.)

No, the MSDOS.sys file only affects what happens when the OS
starts - 98SE is really a big DOS shell, which is why you have
all the DOS files and stuff flashing on the screen etc. - but
all that is already WAY PAST the BIOS stage.

The only Logo.sys
I've got is in the Options\Cabs folder.

I have that /directory/ but I don't have that file in it.

(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 think it must have ended up in there doing one or another
installation of Windows and just stayed there. Like I said, I
don't have it, but I run Win98SE /LITE/ so that /may/ have
something to do with it. The flying Windows logo is replaced by
a 98 Lite screen - which I replaced with the Natasha H. one ages
ago.

I wonder why I didn't get a utility like yours for
my Compaq 7470.

I didn't "get it" either, I happened to run across with when
****ing around with something or other. There may or may not be
one for your machine - the HP site is actually very
comprehensive with lots of very useful files. But my machine is
a "business" (AOT "home" model) and that utility may not be
available for home models. Which is not to say it may not work
on your BIOS, but... need I say more? It's part of either
SP30649 - for business desktops ONLY - or SP28117 which MAY be
for business desktops ONLY, can't remember - but it still MIGHT
run on your BIOS, or destroy it.

Of course, there are many BIOS backup/restore programs
available. I have flashed the BIOS in both my current machines
several times and - strangely and surprisingly enough - nothing
awful ever happened. But something awful CAN, of course, always
happen, very easily.

What is it called? But I'd be loath to
download one, if it isn't on here already somewhere.

Sounds contradictory. I'd "love to" or I'd "be loath"?

loath or loth (l÷th, l÷Š) adj.unwilling; reluctant: to be
loath to admit a mistake. [bef. 900; ME loth, lath, OE l€th
hostile, hateful, c. OS l�th, OHG leid, ON leithr]— loath‚ness
n. — yn. See RELUCTANT.

SNIP

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.

If you get an older version of SiSoft Sandra which runs on 98,
it will recommend that you remove the startup Windows logo (MS
or custom) to speed things up. Again, that may have mattered in
the days of P1 and P2 processors. I just wish I knew if there is
a way to stop all the DOS crap flashing in between Natashas a
couple of times - it may just be a missing DOS echo command or
it may be something else - again, the days when I spent 3 hours
building a bizarre-yet-satisfying color scheme etc. are long
gone. [But if anybody knows, please tell me! ;-) ]


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

Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:38:45 -0400, "PCR" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:24:27 -0400, "PCR" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Franc Zabkar wrote:

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.

That sounds like a possibility. And that is your startup screen? I
have no way to look into my own BIOS.

Those modules were extracted using AMI's amibcp.exe utility.

Would it work for me?

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

These are the binary modules that were extracted from the compressed
image:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S7A2/BIOS/

Gigabyte "Face-Wizard":

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...ard_newtech/te
ch_facewizard.htm

"Face-Wizard™ allows user to select BIOS on board or file in hard
drive/floppy disk/zip/MO or other storage devices and combine the
compatible picture you prefer into BIOS. And not only this,
Face-Wizard™ also helps user to update BIOS in Windows mode."

That sounds scary to me. I wouldn't want to make it impossible to
boot. Of course, I do have my BIOS on a floppy ready to flash again if
necessary. But really -- if anything -- I'd just want that COMPAQ
screen to disappear, not to replace it. I'd want to see whether
anything shows up under it. Putting Logo=0 into MSDOS.sys had no
effect. There never was an MS bootup screen that I can recall-- & it
doesn't prevent the big, red COMPAQ!

Disconnect your hard drive. If the logo still comes up, then it's
embedded in your BIOS code.

That's overkill for me on this issue. However, looks like thanatoid &
you are right to think it is BIOS doing it. When I activated the Windows
startup logo -- by removing Logo=0 from MSDOS.sys with or without
putting a Logo.sys into C:\ -- I did get an MS logo screen. (My memory
was bad about never seeing it, I guess.) BUT, it came after the MS
Startup Menu (BootMenu=1 in MSDOS.sys)-- not before it like the COMPAQ
logo screen. So-- that's enough to convince me! The Compaq logo still
also showed up.

I should put a Logo.sys into C:/ (I have one elsewhere) & set Logo=1
to see what happens. But I can swear the one in IO.sys never showed
back when I had no Logo=0.

Well, looking inside IO.sys, I do see...
0003 5F20 00 00 43 4F 4D 50 41 51 00 00 54 4F 53 48 49 42
..COMPAQ..TOSHIB

Mine has the same.

Hmm. But it's clear that file doesn't contain the Compaq screen. When I
set Logo=1 (without a Logo.sys in C:\)-- I got an MS logo screen!

...So, it's possible that was altered. OK, I've set it to show
Logo.sys & will report back next boot.

Asus MyLogo Series:
http://www.asus.com/999/html/events/mb/mylogo.htm

"With the MyLogo Series, you can download your favorite image from
Windows into the BIOS Flash ROM, providing a fast, convenient way to
'decorate' your system."

That actually looks nice, but I'd fear it weren't compatible with this
Compaq.

No, it won't be. I just included it to show you that adding customised
logos to your BIOS was possible.

OK. Yea, you're right about it being in BIOS. Thanks.

- Franc Zabkar

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

Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:38:45 -0400, "PCR" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:24:27 -0400, "PCR" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Franc Zabkar wrote:

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.

That sounds like a possibility. And that is your startup screen? I
have no way to look into my own BIOS.

Those modules were extracted using AMI's amibcp.exe utility.

Would it work for me?

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

These are the binary modules that were extracted from the compressed
image:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S7A2/BIOS/

Gigabyte "Face-Wizard":

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...ard_newtech/te
ch_facewizard.htm

"Face-Wizard™ allows user to select BIOS on board or file in hard
drive/floppy disk/zip/MO or other storage devices and combine the
compatible picture you prefer into BIOS. And not only this,
Face-Wizard™ also helps user to update BIOS in Windows mode."

That sounds scary to me. I wouldn't want to make it impossible to
boot. Of course, I do have my BIOS on a floppy ready to flash again if
necessary. But really -- if anything -- I'd just want that COMPAQ
screen to disappear, not to replace it. I'd want to see whether
anything shows up under it. Putting Logo=0 into MSDOS.sys had no
effect. There never was an MS bootup screen that I can recall-- & it
doesn't prevent the big, red COMPAQ!

Disconnect your hard drive. If the logo still comes up, then it's
embedded in your BIOS code.

That's overkill for me on this issue. However, looks like thanatoid &
you are right to think it is BIOS doing it. When I activated the Windows
startup logo -- by removing Logo=0 from MSDOS.sys with or without
putting a Logo.sys into C:\ -- I did get an MS logo screen. (My memory
was bad about never seeing it, I guess.) BUT, it came after the MS
Startup Menu (BootMenu=1 in MSDOS.sys)-- not before it like the COMPAQ
logo screen. So-- that's enough to convince me! The Compaq logo still
also showed up.

I should put a Logo.sys into C:/ (I have one elsewhere) & set Logo=1
to see what happens. But I can swear the one in IO.sys never showed
back when I had no Logo=0.

Well, looking inside IO.sys, I do see...
0003 5F20 00 00 43 4F 4D 50 41 51 00 00 54 4F 53 48 49 42
..COMPAQ..TOSHIB

Mine has the same.

Hmm. But it's clear that file doesn't contain the Compaq screen. When I
set Logo=1 (without a Logo.sys in C:\)-- I got an MS logo screen!

...So, it's possible that was altered. OK, I've set it to show
Logo.sys & will report back next boot.

Asus MyLogo Series:
http://www.asus.com/999/html/events/mb/mylogo.htm

"With the MyLogo Series, you can download your favorite image from
Windows into the BIOS Flash ROM, providing a fast, convenient way to
'decorate' your system."

That actually looks nice, but I'd fear it weren't compatible with this
Compaq.

No, it won't be. I just included it to show you that adding customised
logos to your BIOS was possible.

OK. Yea, you're right about it being in BIOS. Thanks.

- Franc Zabkar

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

Reposted. Didn't seem to get through first time.

thanatoid wrote:
"PCR" wrote in
:

thanatoid wrote:

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:\?

If you mean "logo.sys", yes. Customized - it's Natasha
Henstridge in a white bikini and it says, in French, "démarrage
de Win 98SE Lite". Not sure how it ended up that way - well, I
thought it looked good, obviously... It's HIGH time to change it
but I seem to have stopped caring about a lot of stuff recently.

OK. That's what I meant, Logo.mademoiselle, yea-- I mean Logo.sys!

Have you ever seen an MS logo
screen at boot on that Compaq? (I can't recall I ever have.

I can not under any circumstances imagine an MS logo appearing
after pressing the power button - FOR NOW. It is entirely
possible that the time will come when MS will have total control
of the BIOS as well as all the other stuff they are
"supervising" on XP+ machines already. Paranoia or whatever...
but - for the purposes of this discussion - AFAIK, the BIOS has
nothing to do with whether it's a Mac or Linux or Win 3.11 or
Win7 machine.

OK. Looks like you were correct from the start that the Compaq logo
screen is in BIOS, & it is separate from the MS logo screen.

I did put Logo=0 into MSDOS.sys-- but that was a vain
attempt to stop that big, red COMPAQ.)

No, the MSDOS.sys file only affects what happens when the OS
starts - 98SE is really a big DOS shell, which is why you have
all the DOS files and stuff flashing on the screen etc. - but
all that is already WAY PAST the BIOS stage.

You were right, uh-huh, the Compaq logo shows up before the MS Startup
Menu, & the MS logo (if set to show) shows up after that menu.
Absolutely. Thanks.

The only Logo.sys
I've got is in the Options\Cabs folder.

I have that directory but I don't have that file in it.

It has that "...first time" wording at bottom. The one imbedded in
IO.sys does not have those words. Sounds like it was generated when
Compaq first installed Windows into this machine. There is no Logo.sys
in any of my Win98SE .cab files-- just that one loose in the 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 think it must have ended up in there doing one or another
installation of Windows and just stayed there. Like I said, I
don't have it, but I run Win98SE LITE so that may have
something to do with it. The flying Windows logo is replaced by
a 98 Lite screen - which I replaced with the Natasha H. one ages
ago.

I think you are right about that. But there's only ever been one Windows
installation here-- & Compaq did it. Windows came installed, you know. I
once/twice did click Setup.exe in the CABS folder just to see what it
looked like-- but I cancelled immediately! It was very
impressive-looking, though. It did claim to do some setting up, I think.
Maybe that put it there. I don't know.

I wonder why I didn't get a utility like yours for
my Compaq 7470.

I didn't "get it" either, I happened to run across with when
****ing around with something or other. There may or may not be
one for your machine - the HP site is actually very
comprehensive with lots of very useful files. But my machine is
a "business" (AOT "home" model) and that utility may not be
available for home models. Which is not to say it may not work
on your BIOS, but... need I say more? It's part of either
SP30649 - for business desktops ONLY - or SP28117 which MAY be
for business desktops ONLY, can't remember - but it still MIGHT
run on your BIOS, or destroy it.

There was no SP like that for my machine, just one to completely flash
the BIOS. Which I did do, along with a ton of other SPs. But-- no, no! I
won't risk trashing BIOS for this matter & take your SP!

Of course, there are many BIOS backup/restore programs
available. I have flashed the BIOS in both my current machines
several times and - strangely and surprisingly enough - nothing
awful ever happened. But something awful CAN, of course, always
happen, very easily.

It went well for me too. And I was dumb enough to flash it a second
time, thinking it was necessary after replacing my hard drive.

What is it called? But I'd be loath to
download one, if it isn't on here already somewhere.

Sounds contradictory. I'd "love to" or I'd "be loath"?

loath or loth (l÷th, l÷Š) adj.unwilling; reluctant: to be
loath to admit a mistake. [bef. 900; ME loth, lath, OE l€th
hostile, hateful, c. OS l�th, OHG leid, ON leithr]— loath‚ness
n. — yn. See RELUCTANT.

SNIP

That's what I meant. Much as I'd possibly like to change the Compaq logo
into a dancing Frenchwoman, I be reluctant to try it for fear of
crashing my BIOS.

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.

If you get an older version of SiSoft Sandra which runs on 98,
it will recommend that you remove the startup Windows logo (MS
or custom) to speed things up. Again, that may have mattered in
the days of P1 and P2 processors. I just wish I knew if there is
a way to stop all the DOS crap flashing in between Natashas a
couple of times - it may just be a missing DOS echo command or
it may be something else - again, the days when I spent 3 hours
building a bizarre-yet-satisfying color scheme etc. are long
gone. [But if anybody knows, please tell me! ]

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. 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?


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

"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...


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

"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...


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

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...



thanatoid:

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

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thanatoid wrote:
"PCR" wrote in
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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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