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"Eric J. Burns" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:41:18 -0600
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Hi Alvin,

YOu can easily rid yourself of the boot up splash screen. Pop in your Win98 cd,
choose "browse this cd", Select "Tools\reskit\powertoy" and install Tweak UI.

Tweak UI gives you an option to eliminate the splash screen plus many other
customizing options. Have a ball !

Rick Burns




Alvin Johnson wrote:

> My computer is a Dell Inspiron 7000 with a 266 MHz Intel Processor. My
> operating system is Windows 98 with I.E. 4.0. I would like to move the
> banners that display when I turn the computer on. The first Banner displays
> a Dell Headline, and the second Banner displays  a Windows 98.
>
> I have been able to disable the Dell banner by following Dell's instruction
> which follows:
>
>         "You can go into the BIOS and disable the Quiet Boot
>          feature, and this should disable the Dell banner right
>          upon bootup."
>
> This did eliminate the Dell Banner, But I still get a banner from Windows
> 98. From another source, I learned that I could press the "escape key"
> during bootup to eliminate the windows' banner.
>
> My main goal is to see the system information during the boot process. Is
> there a method that I can use to eliminate the Windows' banner without
> having to hold the "escape key?"
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> TurtleAl
>
> However, a banner
> will still pop up as part of the standard Windows bootup, so you'll
> have to press escape when it does to review your complete Windows
> Bootup procedure.
>
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