Hiding the Windows Boot Splash Screen

You can prevent the Windows splash screen from being displayed while the run-time image is booting.

Note   You cannot replace the Windows XP logo with a custom logo, because doing so violates the Microsoft EULA.

To remove the Windows boot splash screen

1. Edit the c:\boot.ini file of your run-time image with Microsoft® Notepad, or a similar text editor.

2. Add the /NOGUIBOOT switch to the boot arc path of your run-time image. For example type,

   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Embedded" /NOGUIBOOT
   

See Also

Design a Run-Time Image | Multiple-Boot System

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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