Subj : W95 Boot Screen
To   : Andreas Dissel
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Wed Apr 17 2019 08:00 am

Hi! Andreas,

On 04/17/2019 03:33 AM, you wrote to All:

 AD> Does anyone know how to get rid of the W95 boot screen? The
 AD> fullscreen thing with the w95 logo on it. I don't mean to just press
 AD> ESC if it appears, there is a way to disable it permanently, but I
 AD> don't remember...

I remember doing this many, many moons ago, but I'm not really sure it was WFWG 
3.11 or Win9x.  Anyway, I have found some notes from last century that might 
help you...

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 AD>   Msg#: 567                                          Date: 12 Oct 95  
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 AD>   From: Peter Bryce                                  Read: Yes    Replied: 
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 AD>     To: Dean Pettigrew                               Mark: Save
 AD>   Subj: Re: Windows 95 Logo Change
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 AD> [Aghast at the Win95 startup screen, Dean Pettigrew said to All...]

 DP>> After just installing Windows 95 i want to change the
 DP>> startup logo (The one that is shown when the system is booting) how to
 DP>> i change this?

 AD> Hi Dean.

 AD> I posted up a (couple?) of messages about how to do it all awhile back, 
and
 AD> there's also other people who've done the same.

 AD> Anyway, here's the info again in case the old messages aren't on your BBS
 AD> anymore.

 AD> Create a 256 color bitmap (.bmp) of 320x400 and place it into the root
 AD> directory of your bootup hard drive. (typically C:\)
 AD> (A standard 8 bit 256 color is the type to use. Don't use a 16 bit (ie.
 AD>  16 million colour pic) because it won't be displayed.)

 AD> Rename the pic to logo.sys

 AD> Now each time you boot, Win95 will use that pic instead of it's "inbuilt"
 AD> one.

 AD> The pic _must_ be 320x400 pixels in size or else Win95 will spit the dummy
 AD> and just show you text info that Windows is loading. If you use a 320x200
 AD> pic, it will be displayed onscreen but will _not_ appear right.
 AD> So you'll need to "stretch" any 320x200 pic you want to use, with a 
suitable
 AD> image processing program (ie. Paintshop Pro) by resizing it to 320x400 and
 AD> then saving it as a .bmp file

 AD> Beware of the logo.sys file being named with a Win95 long filename. It
 AD> _must_ be a standard DOS 8.3 filename and not something like logo.sys.bmp 
!
 AD> ;-)
 AD> If it's anything other than logo.sys, then it won't be used.

 AD> BTW, you don't get the colour cycling loading bar at the bottom of your 
pic
 AD> as Win95 boots up with your new pic so don't panic.  ;-)

 AD> Also, on a related topic, there are two files in the Windows directory
 AD> called logos.sys and logow.sys
 AD> These are standard 256 colour bitmaps (but at 320x400) used by Win95 to
 AD> display the "safe to shutdown" and "please wait while shutting down"
 AD> screens repectively. You can also change them according to the same
 AD> limitations as logo.sys

 AD> Any altered versions of logos.sys and logow.sys that you want to use needs
 AD> to be in the Windows directory to work. (not C:\)

 AD> (Be sure to back them up if you want to use them again if your new screens
 AD>  aren't to your liking.)  ;-)


 AD> Lastly, if you ever add the Win95 Plus Pack to your system, it will
 AD> _replace_ any logo.sys file that you have on your system as your boot up
 AD> pic.


 AD> seeyalater.

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I hope it helps you, Andreas.  Have fun!

Cheers,
Paul.

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