Disable the Windows XP Splash Screen

Here how to disable the Windows XP Splash Screen

• Right click My Computer,
• Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Edit.
• Edit BOOT.INI. Add “/SOS” right after “/fastdetect” with a space between. The line will look something like this: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect /SOS.
• When you’re finished. The first part, multi(0)….. may not be the same on your machine. Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone.
• It can be re-enabled by removing the new switch.