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).