How to remove start up message box?

I am running Windows Me, but this also occurred with W98 before I upgraded.

I was given an older second hand laptop (1999 vintage NEC Versa) - It must
have originally been owned by a company who put in a custom warning screen,
although no company name comes up.

The message box appears immediately before the Windows log-on box - It say
something like - "Important Notice - This is a private network..... " or
something like that. Have to hit return to acknowledge in order to get to
log-on screen.

Any ideas on how to remove this message? It is a bit annoying!

"George" wrote in message
...

I am running Windows Me, but this also occurred with W98 before I
upgraded.

I was given an older second hand laptop (1999 vintage NEC Versa) - It must
have originally been owned by a company who put in a custom warning
screen,
although no company name comes up.

The message box appears immediately before the Windows log-on box - It say
something like - "Important Notice - This is a private network..... " or
something like that. Have to hit return to acknowledge in order to get to
log-on screen.

Any ideas on how to remove this message? It is a bit annoying!

Look for files called LOGO?.SYS.
Microsoft uses LOGOS.SYS and LOGOW.SYS for
boot messages and the company's simplest way of customising
might be to substitute for one of these. If you find any, look at
them in IrfanView first. Instead of deleting the file, better
just rename it, until you are sure the boot routine does not
require it.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

open Explorer at the folder \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp and
double-click each item there. If one of them pops up with this message then
you have found the problem. Move the file to a different location.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"George" wrote in message
...
I am running Windows Me, but this also occurred with W98 before I
upgraded.

I was given an older second hand laptop (1999 vintage NEC Versa) - It must
have originally been owned by a company who put in a custom warning
screen,
although no company name comes up.

The message box appears immediately before the Windows log-on box - It say
something like - "Important Notice - This is a private network..... " or
something like that. Have to hit return to acknowledge in order to get to
log-on screen.

Any ideas on how to remove this message? It is a bit annoying!

"Jeff Richards" wrote ...
open Explorer at the folder \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp and
double-click each item there. If one of them pops up with this message
then
you have found the problem. Move the file to a different location.

& Don Phillipson wrote:

Look for files called LOGO?.SYS.
Microsoft uses LOGOS.SYS and LOGOW.SYS for
boot messages and the company's simplest way of customising
might be to substitute for one of these.

I tried both of these ideas without luck - But Thanks anyway!

After a lot of snooping, I eventually found the message in the registry and
was able to delete it. No more annoying messages!