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From: brian@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Brian Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Can I Eliminate the Opening *Windows* screen?
Summary: yep
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.020155.16281@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 02:01:55 GMT
References: <RN.94@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA> <9361@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <9361@dog.ee.lbl.gov> sisu@ux1.lbl.gov (judy stirkkinen) writes:
>In article <RN.94@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA> userCOOP@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Wes Cooper) writes:
>>Is there something I can do, perhaps to my 
>>WIN.INI file, to eliminate the *WINDOWS* 
>>screen at the beginning of a Windows session?
>>                  Thanks,
>>                  Wes Cooper
>
>Yeah, you need to get your hands on a Hex editor and look through the "win.com"
>file for the word "LOGO". when you find it, replace one of the characters with
>something else. (ie: change the "L" to a "Z" or somethin'. Windows won't be
>able to find "ZOGO", so it'll bypass that part and start you off in the
>desktop.
>	      rob@cad4.lbl.gov


Or you could just type "win :".  That will do it.




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