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	Summary:
	You can customise, or create new start-up splash screens for Windows 95 and 98.
	These instructions show you how.


	Screens:	
	There are three screens available:

		Start-Up		c:\logo.sys
		Shutting Down		c:\windows\logow.sys
		Safe to Switch Off	c:\windows\logos.sys


	>	These *.sys files are actually just ordinary bitmap graphics files, which
		have been renamed with a .sys suffix.
	>	They are sized: 320 x 400 pixels, and have a maximum of 256 colours.
	>	You can edit them or create new screens in Paint, or any other bitmap 
		graphics program, e.g . Paint Shop Pro.
	>	You can then save them as filename.sys (making sure that the save as type is BMP).



	To create your own Start-up screen:

	1.	Open PAINT (usually found in START | Programs | Accessories)

	2.	Image | Attributes... (or Ctrl-E)

	3.	Width: 320 x Height: 400  OK

	4.	Create your image - or Import (Edit | Paste From...) another image

	5.	When you are happy save it as a 256 color Bitmap (NOT 24-bit Bitmap).
		Either save it as <anything>.bmp (and rename it to *.sys later), 
		e.g. test.bmp or logo.bmp - or just call it logo.sys (if this is the startup screen)
		Remember where it is saved (e.g. in My Documents)

	6.	VERY IMPORTANT: You need to copy (BACK-UP) the original start-up 
		screen picture "c:\logo.sys" to a backup directory - so it can be 
		restored later, if need be.

	7.	I suggest you create a new folder (right-click | New... | Folder) 
		and save all the original logo files in there - their locations are 
		given above.

	8.	Note that these *.sys files are "hidden files" - this means that 
		ordinarily you cannot see them, unless you set Explorer to view hidden 
		files.

		*.sys file type is usually hidden in most people's computers 
		under Windows 95 or 98.  Hence, you might have trouble in finding *.sys 
		files for copying files.  To see these hidden files, you can 
		use either suggestion below. 

		a)	Open Windows Explorer
			choose View menu, then select (Folder) Options...
			in the (View tab) dialog, enable "Show all files"

		b)	Use a DOS window, in which most *.sys files can be viewed 
			normally.  (Access DOS Window via MS-DOS Prompt, or START |
			Run and type "Command")


	9.	Now copy your new logo.sys (from My Documents - or wherever it is) 
		to the root directory (usually c:\)
		If it is still called logo.bmp now rename it to logo.sys (right-click | Rename)
		That is it!

	10.	Now restart your PC.  You will see your handy work.


	To create Shutdown and "It's safe to switch off" screens:
	Do the same, except note these files are stored in c:\windows, not c:\
	Remember to back-up these files first.
	

	Notes:
*	If you are using a compression utility on your boot drive, you must put logo.sys 
	in the host for that drive. (For example, if drive C: is compressed and its host 
	is the G: drive, then logo.sys should be placed in the root directory of the G: drive.)

*	The default logo.sys is embedded in io.sys file. If you cannot find logo.sys in 
	your drives, including the host drive (see above), chances are Win95 is using 
	the logo that is embedded in io.sys as your start up logo.  In this case, you 
	don't have logo.sys to backup. Simply place the new logo.sys in the root directory 
	of your boot (host) drive. Logo.sys in the root directory will take precedence 
	of the one embedded in io.sys file.  To get back to the original Windows 95 / 98
	logo, simply rename the logo.sys to other name.

*	To restore the original win95 logo, you must save (backup) the file.  
	Then just copy the original logo to the designated directory.

*	You can create your own Win95 logo files.  They must be in 320 x 400 (256 colors) 
	bitmap format.  Although the real size displayed is 640 x 400, Win95 will stretch 
	these logo files when displaying them.  If you want to create an animated logo, 
	see the instruction page on the internet at 

		http://www.nucleus.com/~kmcmurdo/win95logo.html

	More animated Logo's can be found on the sample page linked to the instruction page above.



	Source:
	Thanks to Karl McMurdi and Rob Chen whose instructions for installing Windows 95 
	logo files I have blatantly plagiarised.