Hiding the Windows Boot Splash Screen

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5/10/2007

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

  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

Concepts

Multiple-Boot System

Other Resources

Design a Run-Time Image