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Freedom
10-01-2002, 15:33
How do you remove your startup ans shutdown screens to get a faster boot and shutdown
abe
10-01-2002, 21:36
well, in windows 95 thru 98se, they were called

logo.sys
logos.sys
logow.sys

cant remember what each one does, but 2 are in the windows directory and the other on the root of the installations hard disk.

Cant remember about win me cos i didnt use it for long. Unsure about where the win 2k/xp startup screen is (if it is an image?), havent had time to look for that.

Hope that helps!

aBe
Freedom
11-01-2002, 02:09
What so you delete these files
Chenks
11-01-2002, 10:15
i doubt it will do improve bootup and shutdown speeds...

with windows xp u have to use resource hacker (or similar) to edit the ntoskrnl.exe file to change the screens..

unless u are wanting to change the screens to another image etc... then i would just leave them where they are... and look and cleaning up the boot process itself rather than the boot image!

[ 11 January 2002: Message edited by: Chenks ]
Freedom
11-01-2002, 10:25
How do you clean up the boot up process
Chenks
11-01-2002, 11:45
start by checking what programs are being loaded during the boot process

a good tool for this is start>run>msconfig
that will tell u the processes and services that are started during boot.
abe
11-01-2002, 13:46
the screens dont take long to load, miliseconds.

Your main concern is the files/programs loaded on startup, take away xtras like things in the taskbar (realplayer etc) they take up resources and are slow to load.

aBe
Freedom
11-01-2002, 15:46
Ive got windows me what are the screens calle in then and if you want to get rid of them do you just delets then as i have just about nothing in my startup folder
Chenks
11-01-2002, 17:45
i didn't meant the startup folder in the start menu... i was talking about the msconfig app that tells u the services that are starting... if u have nothing in there then i would be slightly surprised...

i wouldn't recommend deleting the startup images as this won't achieve anything at all.. except maybe your OS not starting up as it can't find the logo.sys file!!
scottie
13-03-2002, 02:21
the best (and easiest) way to speed up your boot on 2k/XP is to download bootvis.exe from microsoft - it's a wee proggie that analyses your boot and adjusts it to the quickest possible. It knocked a good 20 seconds off my boot :)