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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 21 Apr 2000.

                            
    
    
Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup

                    

                        From Frederic Merizen <ogn...@club-internet.fr>
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 21 Apr 2000 00:00                                                    · View full thread
                                            

                

            

        


        

            

                

                    

                        
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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