Dave,

Try checking in your MSDOS.SYS on the C:\ drive.  To make changes you'll
have to change the attributes, but remember to change them back when
finished.  Also remember this is a system file and it gets messed up, the
system might not boot at all, so it would be a good idea to back it up
before beginning.  If something does go wrong, you can boot up on a Win9x
startup disk and copy it from the startup disk to C:\

Under the [Options] settings, look for the line:
BootDelay=X

If that exists, then HP wants you to watch their graphic for this long (X
seconds) before it continues.  You can change this to:
BootDelay=0
for a more rapid boot process.

Good luck,
Rand Blunck
Why Not Try Computing
Glendale, AZ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:50 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Hp Logo At Startup of Pavillion


> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew how to bypass or decrease the time that the
HP logo is displayed during startup on my Pavillion 7050 computer.
> This screen displays itself for what seems like 30 seconds before it does
anything else in the boot up process. I have looked in the bios and can't
find anything to address this HP logo.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. This slow bootup is very annoying
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
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