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#1. Making Windows Restart quickly
To restart Windows 95 quickly without having to reboot your whole system, follow these simply instructions:
1. Choose Shut Down from the Start Menu.
2. Choose the "Restart the Computer" option button.
3. Hold down the shift key while clicking Yes.
NOTE: Holding down the shift key while pressing "Enter" key has the same effect as described above.
#2. The Shutdown Screen Trick
After you have successfully shut down Windows 98, your only options are not to turn off or reboot your computer. In actuality, you are just at a MS-DOS prompt displaying the shut down screen image. Next time you are at the shut down screen ("It is now safe to turn off your computer."), try these handy commands:
Command:
win Restarts Windows 98 without re-booting your computer.
mode co80 Returns you to a MS-DOS prompt.
NOTE: This only works if you have the line: SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /P in your CONFIG.SYS file.
#3. Changing Windows 98 System Screens
There are a total of three Windows 98 system screens:
1. The startup screen (logo.sys) &mid-dot;
2. The "Please wait while your computer shuts down" screen (logow.sys)
3. The "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen (logos.sys)
It is possible to change these screens to an image of your choice. However, there are certain requirements for these system screens. They are as follows:
The image must be a valid 256 color RGB encoded bitmap
The image must have dimensions of 320 x 400 pixels
The filename of the image must have a .sys extension.
Here are the steps to making a desired image your startup or shutdown screen:
1. Obtain a bitmap image which meets the above criteria.
2. After the file is saved, change the .bmp extension to .sys (i.e., logow.sys)
NOTE: If you changed the startup screen (logo.sys), it should be placed in the root of your boot drive. If you changed any of the other two system screens, they should be placed in your Windows directory (i.e., c:\windows).
If all of the following is adhered to, you should see a new startup/shutdown screen.
NOTE: Because the ratio of the image at 320 x 400 is different than when you may be viewing it in Windows, it may be hard to have your image look proportional once it goes into effect. However, by following these steps using an image editor such as Paint Shop Pro or Lview Pro, you can resolve this problem:
1. Create a new image with dimensions of 640 x 480.
2. Open the image that you wish to make a system screen.
3. Center this image on the newly created image.
4. Resize the 640 x 480 image to 320 x 400.
5. At this point, the image should look out of proportion (not wide enough)*
6. Save the image as a 256 color RGB encoded bitmap.
7. Change the file extension from .bmp to .sys if necessary.
* (Once it appears as a system screen, however, it will be proportional).
NOTE: If you changed the startup screen (logo.sys), it should be placed in the root of your boot drive. If you changed any of the other two system screens, they should be placed in your Windows directory (i.e., c:\windows).
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