Name and address at turnon

[JRMtwo]

I added a scree with my name and address that comes up when my old laptop (WIN98se) is first turned on. I would like to edit the name and address and if possible add the same feature to a laptop running WIN XP home.

[Sterling_Aug]

Why?

[JRMtwo]

Sterling,
I am moving and need to change address on the old laptop and the addition of the name and address is very helpful if a laptop is found and needs to be returned.

[Strawbs]

I added a scree with my name and address that comes up when my old laptop (WIN98se) is first turned on. I would like to edit the name and address and if possible add the same feature to a laptop running WIN XP home.I think you need to convince ppl that the computer(s) is(are) indeed yours to edit. :cool:

But ....don't post personal details here - you can P.M. a mod a screenshot.

welcome to SysOpt. :t

[Midknyte]

the name and address is very helpful if a laptop is found and needs to be returned.

wow. you're an optimist for sure.

changing the bootscreen in winxp is harder than with win9x, but it can be done. However, the newer systems don't sit on the bootscreen for very long, so it might not be worth the effort.

http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/xpbootlogo/

[JRMtwo]

Midknyte,

Thanks for the reply. The timing is not a problem as the computer is waiting for a BIOS set password before it will continue loading.

I looked at the xpbootlogo page link and it does not look worth all the work to add my name to the bootscreen in XP.

However, I would like to change the address on the old WIN98se computer. Can you help?

[Midknyte]

uh. didn't you edit the original picture yourself?

just edit your logo.sys file. change the file extension to .bmp. edit the picture, then change it back to .sys.

[JRMtwo]

I think the text is on the hard disk boot sector along with the text that request the BIOS set password. The logo.sys comes after the password is entered.

My problem is I don't remember how to get to the boot sector.

[Midknyte]

if it's with the bios password, then it's not on the boot sector. it's probably in the bios somewhere. when all else fails, RTM.

[JRMtwo]

The text could be in the BIOS memory if it is not on the hard drive. I must have had a program that would access the text that I have on the laptop.

Thanks for your time taken to help. Perhaps someone else has the information about how to change the text.

[Midknyte]

well, no one can help you unless you provide more specific info. you didn't even list a brand for the laptop. at least you could give the make and model.

[JRMtwo]

Sorry, here is data.
Toshiba Satellite 205CDS, P100 cpu, Toshiba BIOS ver 6.30, 12Gig HD using ONTRACK Dynomic Drive Overlay V9.45 to support the larger size hard drive.

[Midknyte]

geez that is old. can you even get into the bios? you should be able to get in by holding the esc key while powering on the laptop. it might also be f1 or another key. haven't seen one of those in a long long time.

[JRMtwo]

Toshiba has a Utility TSETUP that will display and edit the BIOS. I have a power-on password. An instant password and a supervisor-level password are also possible.

[JRMtwo]

Midknyte,

Good news, my son found the utility to write and edit the text on the original Toshiba WIN 95 utilities disk. I loaded the utility and now can fix the old laptop.

Bad news, the utility does a lot more than just write the text. The utility is to manage the BIOS and would not be usable on other computers.

I still like the idea of the owners name and phone number coming up with the power-on password request. This would seem to require a way to write to the BIOS memory and be built into the BIOS setup. This is well above my grade level to solve.

If you or someone wants to try to work on this issue I can send a copy of the Toshiba utilities disk programs.