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Freeware - Startup Screen Tools

Slimm Boot-Logo enables you to set a custom boot-screen, that replaces the Windows XP logo with the little scrolling bar, in a completely system legal way with no hacked files and no dangerous driver kludges to be loaded.

Safely and easily change your Windows boot screen with BootSkin. It allows you to replace your Windows boot up screen with ones you can download from websites such as WinCustomize or create yourself. It works on Windows 2K & XP and replaces no system files.

LogoSchemes is a freeware application for changing your Microsoft Windows startup and shutdown screens, also known as boot or logo screens. The program's distinguishing feature is its ability to organize screens into schemes - thus its name. Once you save a set of images to a scheme, it is very quick and easy to reload and apply those images as the logo screens.

Sick of the stupid blue-sky, everything's perfect in Microsoftland Windows 95/98/ME boot screen yet? Well, we were, and we decided that we weren't going to take it anymore! This is a collection of replacement logos for the Windows 95/98/ME boot screens. The Changer will automatically change your boot screen so the next time you start your computer, you'll have a new image & also sound file if you want! The full download includes 398 animated logos and 168 midi files & is a whopping 16.8 M but you can download smaller versions.

This tiny 5kB zip file contains a new shutdown picture, a couple of batch files, and some documentation to help you change the default screens that Win95 bombards you with. As an example, the following shutdown screen is included. "It's not safe to turn off your computer." It has freaked out at least one neophyte!!