DISABLE WINDOWS XP SPLASH SCREEN written by: paranoidxe email: paranoidtsi@hotmail.com This will disable the graphical splash screen you get to see everytime you boot your machine: - right-click my computer, select properties - click advanced tab, startup and recovery - click settings, and click edit - modify the entry pointing to Windows XP and add the following line "/SOS" - so it will read like the following (EXAMPLE): \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /SOS - close, and reboot your machine