How to Remove WinXP Splash and See Operations

Are you having boot up problems and would like to know what it going on
behind that Windows Loading Logo? To find out, you can disable the
splash screen by making a small change to the Boot.ini file.

Follow these steps (carefully!):

1. Open the "System Properties" dialog box ( Settings - Control Panel -
System)

2. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the "Startup And
Recovery" section.

3. In the "Startup And Recovery" dialog box, select the Edit button in
the "System Startup" section.

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

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

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

7. Click Cancel to close both the "Startup And Recovery" dialog box and
the "System Properties" dialog box.

8. Restart the computer to see the effect.

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

To renable the splash screen, follow the same procedure but remove the
"/SOS".

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Wasim Akhtar