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Windows 98 startup screen
Hi,
Just a quick question about the Windows 98 startup screen. You know the one when you turn on your computer and the screen has the large Windows logo with the light blue background (with a few clouds) and the words "Microsoft Windows 98"...anyways, I sure you know what I'm talking about. Can a person change that picture? What folder is that picture in? The reason I ask is because I have a Titanic screen saver and I can also have the option of having Titanic as my startup screen. But what if I want to change my picture back? Thanks in advance. Dan -- I'm stuck inside this thing! |
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The file is logo.sys (usually C:\logo.sys)
If the file logo.sys does not exist in the root directory, the system creates it from io.sys for the current session. If you create a 320x400 256colour bitmap and save it as c:\logo.sys then your system will use it on startup You will have a bit of stretching or skewing to get it right. To revert back, just delete logo.sys ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "Paradoxdb3" wrote: Hi, Just a quick question about the Windows 98 startup screen. You know the one when you turn on your computer and the screen has the large Windows logo with the light blue background (with a few clouds) and the words "Microsoft Windows 98"...anyways, I sure you know what I'm talking about. Can a person change that picture? What folder is that picture in? The reason I ask is because I have a Titanic screen saver and I can also have the option of having Titanic as my startup screen. But what if I want to change my picture back? Thanks in advance. Dan |
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:28:05 -0700, "Paradoxdb3"
wrote: Hi, Just a quick question about the Windows 98 startup screen. You know the one when you turn on your computer and the screen has the large Windows logo with the light blue background (with a few clouds) and the words "Microsoft Windows 98"...anyways, I sure you know what I'm talking about. Can a person change that picture? What folder is that picture in? The reason I ask is because I have a Titanic screen saver and I can also have the option of having Titanic as my startup screen. But what if I want to change my picture back? Thanks in advance. Dan Dan, These Logo screens are simple windows bitmap files (.bmp) with the following names: Logo.sys = Start up Screen. This file is in IO.sys but if Windows sees it in the root it will load it instead. Logow.sys = Please wait while your computer shuts down. Windows folder. Logos.sys = It's now safe to turn off your computer. In the Windows folder. You can use any graphic file as long as you save it as a 320x400x256 windows bitmap. Then simply replace the above files with the new ones. Logo.sys goes in the root. The option to have the Titanic startup screen should simply place the *.bmp file in the root and name it Logo.sys. Deleting or re-naming the *.bmp file should restore the Windows logo. The IO.sys file can always be copied from your Win98 Startup diskette to the root. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/ |
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