Disable the Windows XP Startup Screen
If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the Windows Startup Screen when your computer boots, this will disable the screen and allow you to see what's really happening
1 Click [Start] and right click on [My Computer]

2 Select [Properties]

3 Select the [Advanced] tab
4 In the [Startup and Recovery] section, click [Settings]
5 In the [System Startup] section, click [Edit] to open the boot.ini file in Notepad
6 You will see a line that looks similar to the one below
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
To disable the Startup Screen change to line to read as below. The change is shown in red.
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /sos

Note: There is a space between 'fastdetect' and '/sos'
7 Close Notepad, clicking [Yes] when Notepad asks if you want to save your changes.

8 Click [OK] [Apply] and [OK] to exit System Properties

9 Reboot computer and the Startup Screen will be gone.


- SRIKANTH DHANWADA