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From: wolf@netcom.COM (Buckskin Tech.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Replacing the Microsoft logo at startup
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.214320.9365@netcom.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 91 21:43:20 GMT
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wallis@sieras.enet.dec.com (Barry L. Wallis) writes:

>Is it possible to replace the MS logo with another BMP when I start Windows
>3.0? 

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Possible, but difficult.  It appears that SETUP copies the logo into the
driver at install-time.  The file to be copied is specified in SETUP.INF
(look at the section describing video drivers).  This file (VGALOGO.RLE
for most) must meet two requirements: it must be a Windows DIB (device-
independant bitmap) and it must be VERY small (so small that it must usually
be encoded in RLE4 form, hence the .RLE extension).  I've tried (without
success) to bind in files larger than VGALOGO.RLE, so it may need to be 
a smaller file.

 - Wolf