I have a problem with a PC - it runs fine but does not show the startup and shutdown screens if it is cold booted. It does however show all 3 screens when warm booted. I have recently put in a new boot drive and did not have this problem before. On cold boot startup it simply stays in the "black screen" dos mode until the wallpaper shows up - bypassing the standard "Windows/Clouds" logo screen which is in the proper place. On the first shutdown it skips both shutdown screens and 'rapidly' gives a DOS black screen with 2 text lines saying OK to turn off the PC. If I warm boot it it gets both the startup and shutdown screens OK Any ideas? *************************************************************** Paul Lagasse, Jr. Sc.D. [log in to unmask] Phone 413-794-5843 Baystate Health Systems Fax 413-794-5570 Springfield, MA "It is logically impossible to schedule for the unknown" - Dilbert *************************************************************** ----- PCBUILD mailing list - http://nospin.com Bob Wright:[log in to unmask] - Drew Dunn:[log in to unmask]