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by theword

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HI.
I changed the bitmap image for the "Windows shutting down image, and the "Its now safe to turn your computer off" image. The files are in the windows directory called "Logow.sys" and "Logos.sys" respectively.
I put new images in that directoryand named them accordingly, only to get nothing. I tried a number of different things, all to no avail. Now I changed the backed-up files to the original names, and still get nothing. What do you think.
One other thing...I cant find the startup image called Windows 98. The file is called "Logo.sys". I still see it everytime I boot up, but its not there in the windows directory.

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by joseph moore

I found this reference:
"Feel free to change the "Please wait while your computer shuts down" and "It is now safe to turn off your computer" files, called respectively "logow.sys" and "logos.sys", yourself. They can be replaced with any 320 by 400 pixel bitmap in 256 colour format and are usually stored in the Windows directory if they are not in C."
Did your replacement files have the same picture characterictics? I would check them to make sure.

And here is a page on LOGO.SYS
http://www.nucleus.com/~kmcmurdo/win95logo.html

by thechas

For W98, the default Startup screen is in the OS itself.
If you want to use a different image, place your image file titled logo.sys in the root directory of your boot drive.

There are file size and structure limits for custom logo screens.

If you want to restore the original logos', use the single file restore function in system file checker, (SFC from the run menu)

There are detailed discussions on custom logo screens on some of the theme sites, and in the Windows Annoyances books.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-011
The above link is to the logo screen page a t annoyances.org

by theword

Hi. I need to get my win-98 annoyances book back from the gal I loaned it too."ANSWER" I got the logow and logos back by the file checker, and extracting it. It works now...I didnt change the old logos & logow files but they were named Logos.sys & Logow.sys, but were saved as a BAK file. "I dont know why" The new ones were a SYS file. BIG difference. "QUESTION" Can I resave the BAK file to a system file, and how do I do it? "QUESTION" Adding an open-with option to the content menu.. how can I open a file with the assortment of different applications. Example---I right click an icon....I get an open-with, so I click it. Then a dialog box opens with an assortment of applications to open it with.How do I find that dialog box to add it to another extension? I know I can add an option in the "view..folder options..file types..but I can only add one. savior24@attbi.com Thanks pat

by pan 13 x

logo.sys is in one of two location c:\ or c:\windows you have to use explorer and go to folder options menu. select the display hidden files and there maybe one more option there also. select them and you should see the file. storing the files inother location is not going to work. make a copy for the orginal files as backup. store them in a safe location. Make the changes to the files you want and safe the file in the currect location. (yes overwrite the file if asked) the computer onlyknow one location of this file and must be there. if something goes wrong you can copy the orginal files back to the location and overwrite them to restore the chages.

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