Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup
From Frederic Merizen <ogn...@club-internet.fr>
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· 21 Apr 2000 00:00 · View full thread
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Unigni wrote: [heavily edited] > Here's how to stop the start-up screen (the cloudy thing with Windows > written on it) from appearing: > > 1) If C:\LOGO.SYS exists, rename it to something (as a backup) > 2) Open C:\LOGO.SYS in a text editor and type in a load of rubbish > > I think this works, but I can't remember, so it might not -- if it > works, it's because Windows can't read LOGO.SYS as 320x400 256-color BMP > image, so it doesn't display it, leaving the text underneath visible. I've got a less romantic solution: 1) attrib -rhs c:\msdos.sys 2) use the text-editor you like to add a line saying "logo=0" (without the quotes) under the "options" section of msdos.sys 3)attrib +rhs c:\msdos.sys _Y_ O <- Now the woman's got arms and a head, but... :(
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