Mechling/Mechcom Support Group   

Disabling the XP Start-up Screen

Click Start, and right-click on My Computer 
From the menu choose Properties 
From System Properties, select the Advanced tab, and press the Settings button under the Startup and Recovery heading 
Click the Edit button and locate the line that loads Windows XP. To the end of that line add /sos, so it would look like this: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /sos 
Save your changes, and press OK (2x) to close the System Properties 

Now when you start Windows, you will see some system messages, instead of the Windows XP logo. 


Please note that if you want to use the Norton Protected Recycle Bin, you can't use this switch (/sos).