How to remove Windows XP Logo and see operations

Are you havin’ boot up problems and would like to know what it goin’ on behind that Windows Loadin’ Logo? To find out, you can disable de splash screen by makin’ a small change to de Boot.ini file.

Follow dese steps (carefully!):

1. Open de “System Properties” dialog box ( Settin’s - Control Panel - System)

2. On de Advanced tab, click de Settin’s button in de “Startup And Recovery” section.

3. In de “Startup And Recovery” dialog box, select de Edit button in de “System Startup” section.

4. The Boot.ini file will open in Notepad; locate de line that ends with de /fastdetect switch.

5. Position your cursor to de right after de parameter, press de spacebar, and add de /SOS switch.

6. Save de Boot.ini file, and close Notepad.

7. Click Cancel to close both de “Startup And Recovery” dialog box and de “System Properties” dialog box.

8. Restart de computer to see de effect.

Once de computer restarts you will notice that de Windows Splash Screen is no longer present. Instead you can observe some of de boot up operations that Windows XP performs durin’ de startup stage.

To renable de splash screen, follow de same procedure but remove de “/SOS”.

Thin’s you will need:

1. Photoshop or Paintshop (any versions)
2. Xara3D 5.xx
3. Jasc animation shop 3.xx
4. A pic you want as a logo

Thin’s you MIGHT need:
1. a computer
2. Internet connection
3. consciousness
4. corn on de cob

Here dey are for your convinience:
Adobe Photoshop CS v8.0
www.shareordie.com/index.php?showto…85&hl=Photoshop

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9.0 Retail
www.shareordie.com/index.php?showto…&hl=Jasc&st=100

Xara3D 5.02
www.shareordie.com/index.php?showtopic=6512&hl=XARA

Jasc Animation Shop 3.11
www.shareordie.com/index.php?showtopic=34928&hl=

Steps:
1. Usin’ your photo editor fix/touch up you pic/logo to your likin’
2. Save it some where easy to find, for example “C:pictures” or “C:Windowsdecenterofhellsystemsystem32system64system128???”, although I don’t recommend de second one.
3.Open Xara3D 5.xx. Press “Alt+T” or click on de “T” button on de LEFT PANEL erase all of de text in de window that pops up den press ok.
4. Press “Alt+U” or click on de yellow “U” surrounded in gray on de LEFT PANEL. Check de “button” box and select a desired button type and leave this option window open. You will need it again.
5. Press de “At+X” or click de black “X” on de LEFT PANEL Click “load texture” in de pop up window. Find de picture you made/adjusted and highlight it den click open or just double-click it. Use de “size, x, y, an’le” sliders to adjust de picture or “texture” and in de “button options” windows use de “stretch, corners” (corners, only if usin’ this option you can adjust) to adjust de button size.
6. Press “Alt+A” or click de black “A” on de LEFT PANEL with what looks like to me is a half-halo with an arrow tip? Anyway, here is a quick rundown on what de options here do: (BY THE WAY TO ACTIVATE OR “PREVIEW ANIMATION” PRESS “Ctrl+spacebar”).

A. Frames per cycle: This is de number of frames for each complete cycle through de animation sequence. The greater de number of frames de smooder de animation. The drawback is that de file is bigger - this is a big disadvantage for web graphics. You may need to try different values to get de best results.
B. Frames per second: The animation speed. Slow speeds can give jerky movement. High speeds can also give jerky movement as de program displayin’ de animation may not be able to keep up. Again you may need to try different values.
C. Pause: This pauses de first frame before continuin’ de rest of de animation. Type in a value in centiseconds (1/100ths of a second) - a 2 second pause is 200 cs. Note that this applies only to de first frame; use Frames per cycle and Frames per second to control de overall speed of de animation.
D. Loop Value: Unchecked is Infinite. Any oder value see for yourself.
E. Loop: This lets you specify how many times de animation should repeat itself. Note that some browsers take any value oder than 1 to mean ‘loop forever’. Therefore, your animation eider plays once or forever.
F. Style: This controls de type of animation:
Rotate 1 rotates all de text as one;
Rotate 2 rotates each character. (Buttons have a sin’le Rotate option.)
Rotate text/Rotate lights - select wheder you want de text to rotate or de lights or both. You cannot rotate de shadow as this would create very large files.
Direction - selects de direction of rotation.
G. Swin’ options: Swin’ 1 swin’s all de text as one;
Swin’ 2 swin’s each character. (Buttons have a sin’le Swin’ option.)
An’le - how much you want de headin’ to swin’.
H. Pulsate options: Pulsate 1 pulsates all de text as one;
Pulsate 2 pulsates each character. (Buttons have a sin’le Pulsate option.)
Minimum text size - how far back to pulsate de text.
Shrink+Grow & Grow+Shrink - only have an effect if you Pause de animation. These options select de startin’ point for de animation (maximum or minimum.)
I. Fade options:
Fade in - de headin’ emerges from de background color.
Fade out - de headin’ merges into de background color.

7. On de top left go to FILE>>>EXPORT ANIMATION or press “Ctrl+Shift+X” and save in desired location.

8. When de next window pops up (Export as animated gif save location den options): Experiment with each one to get it right

Because Animated GIFs can be quite large, you may find that a 16 or 32 color, optimized palette per frame, produces de best results for de smallest file size. However you might need to experiment.

Diderin’ always makes GIFs look better, but also makes them larger. When outputtin’ at 256 colors you may find that dere is no need to turn diderin’ on.

Current Window Size lets you export just de area surroundin’ de text (Crop on) or de entire window area (Crop off.)

User Defined lets you specify de dimensions of de bitmap.

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete de selected item permanently without placin’ de item in de Recycle Bin)
CTRL while draggin’ an item (Copy de selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while draggin’ an item (Create a shortcut to de selected item)
F2 key (Rename de selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move de insertion point to de beginnin’ of de next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move de insertion point to de beginnin’ of de previous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move de insertion point to de beginnin’ of de next paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move de insertion point to de beginnin’ of de previous paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of de arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of de arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on de desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View de properties for de selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close de active item, or quit de active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display de properties of de selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open de shortcut menu for de active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close de active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between de open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in de order that dey had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through de screen elements in a window or on de desktop)
F4 key (Display de Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display de shortcut menu for de selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display de System menu for de active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display de Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display de correspondin’ menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform de correspondin’ command)
F10 key (Activate de menu bar in de active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open de next menu to de right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open de next menu to de left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update de active window)
BACKSPACE (View de folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel de current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into de CD-ROM drive (Prevent de CD-ROM from automatically playin’)
Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+TAB (Move forward through de tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through de tabs)
TAB (Move forward through de options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through de options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform de correspondin’ command or select de correspondin’ option)
ENTER (Perform de command for de active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear de check box if de active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if de active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display de items in de active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in de Save As or Open dialog box)
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Logo (Display or hide de Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK (Display de System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display de desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of de windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore de minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock de keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open de Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys eider on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast eider on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch de MouseKeys eider on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch de StickyKeys eider on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch de ToggleKeys eider on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
END (Display de bottom of de active window)
HOME (Display de top of de active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of de subfolders that are under de selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display de contents of de selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse de selected folder)
LEFT ARROW (Collapse de current selection if it is expanded, or select de parent folder)
RIGHT ARROW (Display de current selection if it is collapsed, or select de first subfolder)
Shortcut Keys for Character Map
After you double-click a character on de grid of characters, you can move through de grid by usin’ de keyboard shortcuts:
RIGHT ARROW (Move to de right or to de beginnin’ of de next line)
LEFT ARROW (Move to de left or to de end of de previous line)
UP ARROW (Move up one row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
HOME (Move to de beginnin’ of de line)
END (Move to de end of de line)
CTRL+HOME (Move to de first character)
CTRL+END (Move to de last character)
SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
CTRL+N (Open a new console)
CTRL+S (Save de open console)
CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
CTRL+W (Open a new window)
F5 key (Update de content of all console windows)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display de MMC window menu)
ALT+F4 (Close de console)
ALT+A (Display de Action menu)
ALT+V (Display de View menu)
ALT+F (Display de File menu)
ALT+O (Display de Favorites menu)
MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+P (Print de current page or active pane)
ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display de window menu for de active console window)
SHIFT+F10 (Display de Action shortcut menu for de selected item)
F1 key (Open de Help topic, if any, for de selected item)
F5 key (Update de content of all console windows)
CTRL+F10 (Maximize de active console window)
CTRL+F5 (Restore de active console window)
ALT+ENTER (Display de Properties dialog box, if any, for de selected item)
F2 key (Rename de selected item)
CTRL+F4 (Close de active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes de console)
Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
CTRL+ALT+END (Open de Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)
ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
ALT+INSERT (Cycle through de programs in most recently used order)
ALT+HOME (Display de Start menu)
CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch de client computer between a window and a full screen)
ALT+DELETE (Display de Windows menu)
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of de active window in de client on de Terminal server clipboard and provide de same functionality as pressin’ PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of de entire client window area on de Terminal server clipboard and provide de same functionality as pressin’ ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation
CTRL+B (Open de Organize Favorites dialog box)
CTRL+E (Open de Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start de Find utility)
CTRL+H (Open de History bar)
CTRL+I (Open de Favorites bar)
CTRL+L (Open de Open dialog box)
CTRL+N (Start anoder instance of de browser with de same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open de Open dialog box, de same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open de Print dialog box)
CTRL+R (Update de current Web page)
CTRL+W (Close de current window)