xp flash screen

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can somebody please tell me how to change the welcoming and ending flash
screens? i doubt it should be that hard to do but i can't find any info
explaining how to do it. thank you

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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:55:09 -0800, kallaloch wrote:

> can somebody please tell me how to change the welcoming and ending flash
> screens? i doubt it should be that hard to do but i can't find any info
> explaining how to do it. thank you

Not as easy as it was in previous versions (dropping renamed bitmaps into a
directory). The XP files that contain these images are executable files
and, since they're system files, are protected by Windows File Protection.

There are third party tools available to edit the files directly and addon
customizing programs to change the screens. Can't make any recommendations
though. While I don't hesitate to run Windows Blinds for customizing the
Windows environment (after logon), I'm apprehensive about programs that
alter files that are involved in the log on/log off process.

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Sharon F
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thank you for the`quick`answers. i would like to get the toshiba logo from
the start screen. i can live with the windows startup, but the gaudy toshiba
addon is a bit much, imho.

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The Toshiba splash screen is turned on or off in the BIOS. It appears
during the POST and is not part of Windows.

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"kallaloch" <coolhanded@cmcm.net> wrote in message
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> thank you for the`quick`answers. i would like to get the toshiba logo from
> the start screen. i can live with the windows startup, but the gaudy
> toshiba addon is a bit much, imho.
>

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I believe Toshiba calls theirs the Toshiba Logo.

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"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:25:41 -0800, kallaloch wrote:
>
>> thank you for the`quick`answers. i would like to get the toshiba logo
>> from
>> the start screen. i can live with the windows startup, but the gaudy
>> toshiba
>> addon is a bit much, imho.
>
> That might be easier to get rid of. If it appears right after you power up
> and before all the "starting Windows" stuff, check your BIOS setup screens
> for a way to turn the OEM splash logo off. I've seen these screens
> described in various phrases in BIOS. Sometimes not apparent but instead
> of
> the OEM screen, you get to watch the POST results.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User