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From: timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Starting windoes w/o logo screen (was Re: UMM.....)
Message-ID: <2663@sparko.gwu.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 91 17:11:25 GMT
References: <3952@orbit.cts.com>
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Organization: The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
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In article <3952@orbit.cts.com> reichard@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kevin Reichard) writes:
>reichard@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kevin Reichard) writes:
>>goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl) writes:
>>>To start windows without the opening Microsoft logo screen, simply type
>>>win :

>Hmm. Not to clog up the net too badly, but I should amend that statement: I
>have used the WIN : option five times. Three times Windows appeared without an
>opening screen; twice I was thrown into a loop.
> 
>Use your own judgement.
>
I use this feature all the time, and it never failed!  I have a batch file
that runs Windows with:

win %1 :

or maybe it's win : %1.  Either way, it works fine, and it even accepts the
parameter one of the two ways (not the other way).