MSDOS.SYS FILE - MODs

[Brangwen]

Fellow Members:

I've created a fairly cool array of "boot-up" or "logon" screen but I'm left with a quandry. Directly after my computer displays it's first POST screen, <u>my</u> logon page (instead of Windoze) appears. Beautiful. THEN, my screen flickers and a few more POST lines appear, then my logon reappears, then more POST language, then my desktop. I want to configure so my own logon stays on the monitor till the desktop appears.

My MSDOS.SYS looks like this:

;FORMAT
[Paths]
WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=C

[Options]
BootMulti=1
BootGUI=1
DoubleBuffer=0
AutoScan=1
WinVer=4.10.2222
DrvSpace=0
DblSpace=0
Logo=1
BootLog=0
DisableLog=0
SystemReg=0

Are there certain values I can change to get my desired results? Or should I be looking elsewhere, e.g., autoexec.bat file? Something like "echo off" or "echo on" written in? It's been awhile since I've used those commands. Any help would be appreciated!

Thx!

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[Etruscan]

Not a total solution... (i.e. from within the registy) but try booting with no config.sys or autoexec.bat. It seems to me the login screen disappears when autoexec is executed.

[Fingers]

I'm not big on DOS, but I seem to remember that if you make ECHO OFF the first line in autoexec.bat, the commands won't be displayed on-screen as they're processed.

Etruscan's solution should work also. Since Windows doesn't require that config.sys and autoexec.bat even be processed, just try disabling them with msconfig.

[Brangwen]

Thx, guys. Though I do not have config.sys enabled and only one line in autoexec.bat...

I'll disable that and see.

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