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how do i change the startup screen?
Name: zershlou Date: September 24, 2000 at 12:56:40 Pacific
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i've looked for logo.sys and can't find it. please tell me how i can change that ugly startup screen
Name: Joel Date: September 24, 2000 at 13:18:18 Pacific
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There is no Logo.sys. it is in the IO.sys file. If you save your startup image as logo.sys though and save it to c:\, Windows will use that Instead.
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Response Number 2
Name: Doug Date: September 24, 2000 at 16:39:13 Pacific
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remember your custom logo.sys must be 320 by 400 8 bit rgb for a total of 127K
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Response Number 3
Name: Beth Date: September 24, 2000 at 18:51:52 Pacific
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I tried putting my own startup logo.sys in C:, but it didn't work, seems ME wants its own logo or none, I changed my MSDOS.sys to Logo=0, now at least I don't have to see that silly ME logo........[Yes the logo I did try, did have the right attributes and properties, maybe some one will come up with a fix]........
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Response Number 4
Name: Chris Date: September 26, 2000 at 00:04:28 Pacific
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If you save your startup image as logo.sys though and save it to c:\, Windows will use that Instead. How do I save a image as logo.sys?
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Response Number 5
Name: Anders Date: June 26, 2001 at 23:08:56 Pacific
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Doing all of this(making a bitmap 320*400 8 bits, saving it as LOGO.SYS at the root) I get an ANNOYING problem! HOW do I stop windowsME from ROTATING the colors???? If you can't; what palette to use? Windows default? Please help, cos this is driving me insane since windows FORCE me to use the default screen! (Anyone who thinks this seems familiar btw?)
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Response Number 6
Name: Matt Musante Date: October 14, 2001 at 23:21:00 Pacific
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In order to make a decent splash logo, You first need to understand how palletes work. Inside each pixel of an 8-bit per pixel image is an 8 bit value, or byte that represents a color in value from 0 to 255. Those color values are defined in a pallete at the beginning of the file, and can only be manipulated by a few programs. Microsoft Image composer (on CD2 of frontpage) is one of them that actually lets you modify the pallete. The phenomenon you are experiencing with the rotating colors is intentional and can be avoided. It is accomplished by taking the last 20 colors in the pallette and rotating their position, so that on screen, anything that uses those pallete locations will have rotating colors. Image composer can automatically define a pallete based on 236 colors, so you don't run into that rotating region at the end. If you want more help, feel free to email me.
Or simply use a program called " Resource Hacker," A wicked program brah! it will let u customize everything, including startup screens.
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Response Number 8
Name: javier Date: November 22, 2001 at 13:55:15 Pacific
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I've changed the logo and it looks GREAT! Now I have a little problem that I can't solve. The MS-DOS screen shows up at the beginning, then the logo.sys (beautiful), then again the MS-DOS screen, and then again the logo.sys, before the Windows desktop appears. How can I make the whole startup show JUST the logo.sys screen, instead of going back and forth with the MSDOS screen?
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