Thank you! No wonder I couldn't find the logo.sys file the first time
around. Sheesh... You'd think Microsoft might want to make it easier to
customize your OS.

"Bob H." <omn### [at] msncom> wrote in message
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> "Mahalis" <don### [at] fakeycom> wrote in message
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> > Is there any way to do this with Win95? I'd really like to replace my
> > startup image :-|
> > I wish Microsoft would be a bit more creative with their logos- A
rippling
> > flag on clouds is soooo old.
>
> Simply a matter of creating a 320 X 400 bitmap (bmp) with 256 colors, that
> will then stretch when Windows loads it, and putting it in the root
> directory.  Win95 ought to be the same as Win98, and I think I must have
> changed it when I was using Win95 so I know it is the same.
> The file name is Logo.sys, just a renamed bmp.  The shutdown pictures can
> also be changed, they're named Logow.sys and Logos.sys located in Windows
> folder.
>
> All are hidden system files, you just need to view such files in Explorer
> with View settings changed to see them.
>
> A lot of stuff can be found about it, I just did:
> http://www.winshareware.com/nonapps/desktop/startup.htm
>
> Bob H.
>
>
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