Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven!udel!sbcs!sbstaff2!altman From: altman@sbstaff2.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Can I Eliminate the Opening *Windows* screen? Message-ID: <1991Jan31.011938.8687@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 31 Jan 91 01:19:38 GMT References: Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 21 In your System directory there is a file which is called WIN.CNF rename your current WIN.COM file to something like WIN_OLD.COM and then copy the WIN.CNF file from the system directory to WIN.COM in the WINDOWS directory. This will allow you to not have an opening screen. The opening screen is added to the WIN.CNF file via a binary copy during the Setup process. This allows the proper Startup screen (*.RLE) from the system directory to be added for the video board which you have. You can also use this method to add any small RLE4 formatted file with the proper resolution (no more than 16 color) to use as a startup screen. I believe the limit is about 55k for the startup screen file. COPY WIN.CNF /B + startup.rle /B WIN.COM -- - Jeff (jaltman@ccmail.sunysb.edu)