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Changing windows Start Screen and Shut Down Screen
I saw some persons who had changed the appearance of their windows Start
screen or Shut down screen. For example when shutting down, instead of seeing the message of "Windows is now shutting down" I saw a "Good Night" message with a beautiful picture. I asked one of them about how he did this. He thought a little and then said I used "Microsoft Multimedia". I don't know either he was right or he just didn't want to tell me the truth, but I have never seen a software called "Microsoft Multimedia". Do you know how we can change the start and shut-down pictures? Thank you Javad |
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Thanks all.
I could change logos.sys which appeared as my "Shut down" screen, but I could find no logo.sys or logow.sys in my WinMe folder. How can I change windows splash screen? Thank you Javad "Javad" wrote in message ... I saw some persons who had changed the appearance of their windows Start screen or Shut down screen. For example when shutting down, instead of seeing the message of "Windows is now shutting down" I saw a "Good Night" message with a beautiful picture. I asked one of them about how he did this. He thought a little and then said I used "Microsoft Multimedia". I don't know either he was right or he just didn't want to tell me the truth, but I have never seen a software called "Microsoft Multimedia". Do you know how we can change the start and shut-down pictures? Thank you Javad |
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Javad wrote:
I saw some persons who had changed the appearance of their windows Start screen or Shut down screen. For example when shutting down, instead of seeing the message of "Windows is now shutting down" I saw a "Good Night" message with a beautiful picture. I asked one of them about how he did this. He thought a little and then said I used "Microsoft Multimedia". I don't know either he was right or he just didn't want to tell me the truth, but I have never seen a software called "Microsoft Multimedia". Do you know how we can change the start and shut-down pictures? Thank you Javad Hi, These will help: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-011 http://phish.marko.net/logo/change.html http://www.webtechgeek.com/How-to-Ch...up-Graphic.htm You must follow the instructions to the letter. The process is different for XP, do a Google search for info on that. MM |
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Hi Javad,
From Ron Badours Tips Page http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/tips_e_-_p.html MODIFYING LOGO SCREENS. Three files, they may be hidden if you have that option set in Explorer, comprise the start and shutdown screens. Logo.sys (start screen) is in the C:\ directory either as its own file or it is imbedded in the io.sys file. The imbedded file displays unless there is an actual logo.sys file present in which case it displays. The logow.sys (wait screen) and logos.sys (shut off screen) are located in the C:\Windows folder. Remove the later two files and the first one if it is not the imbedded one to a safe place so you don't overwrite them. Replacement screens must be in a .bmp format, be sized or resized to 320 X 400 X 256 colors and renamed as the appropriate screen name. For animated logo screens, see: http://www.nucleus.com/~kmcmurdo/win95logo.html Click here to download a little application that randomly swaps logo screens at boot. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ "Javad" wrote I saw some persons who had changed the appearance of their windows Start screen or Shut down screen. For example when shutting down, instead of seeing the message of "Windows is now shutting down" I saw a "Good Night" message with a beautiful picture. I asked one of them about how he did this. He thought a little and then said I used "Microsoft Multimedia". I don't know either he was right or he just didn't want to tell me the truth, but I have never seen a software called "Microsoft Multimedia". Do you know how we can change the start and shut-down pictures? Thank you Javad |
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The Logo.sys (startup screen) is embedded into the io.sys file.
To replace it create a new .bmp image (as described in my previous post to you) and place it in the root directory of C:\ The logos.sys is a hidden file located in the C:\windows folder. Did you set your system to view hidden files? Note: To view hidden files in Windows 98, click Folder Options on the View menu in Windows Explorer, click the View tab, click Show All Files, and then click OK. Also make sure that the "Hide Extensions for Known File Types" is deselected. This will help you in locating the files in Explorer. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ "Javad" wrote Thanks all. I could change logos.sys which appeared as my "Shut down" screen, but I could find no logo.sys or logow.sys in my WinMe folder. How can I change windows splash screen? Thank you Javad "Javad" wrote in message ... I saw some persons who had changed the appearance of their windows Start screen or Shut down screen. For example when shutting down, instead of seeing the message of "Windows is now shutting down" I saw a "Good Night" message with a beautiful picture. I asked one of them about how he did this. He thought a little and then said I used "Microsoft Multimedia". I don't know either he was right or he just didn't want to tell me the truth, but I have never seen a software called "Microsoft Multimedia". Do you know how we can change the start and shut-down pictures? Thank you Javad |
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