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You can replace the logo.sys file with an 8-bit (256 color) 
320x400 bitmap.

Patryk

On 7 Oct 01, at 11:32, Tony Bilbrough wrote:

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> G'day All,
> Subject: replacing Windows Shutdown Splash screen with ‘The Tux'
> Some time back I was given a non MS splash screen depicting
> clawing hands on a red background, and it looks great during
> boot up. It's the file  logo.sys in C:\, and replaces the
> original with no worries and works just fine - getting all the
> required attention. What I want to do is get a Tux splash screen
> to replace logos.sys and logow.sys [in \windows] *So At Humbug
> last week I got a pair of very nice Penguins doing Linux things
> and edited them with GQview, to have the correct headings. Then
> I converted them from JPEG to BMP file format and renamed the
> extension ‘.sys'. Same as the original one I was given, I
> thought. But this could be where I went wrong? Then I deleted
> the originals and installed the two Tux, with the .sys file
> extensions, in the windows folder.
> 
> However MS does not see them and just comes up with a text
> screen [which is better than the clouds, I confess] but I really
> want to advertise the  Linux o/s to my wife each time she shuts
> down her computer.
> 
> Can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong with the graphics? I
> know they are installed in the right place.
> 
> cheers Tony B
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