Change Startup Logo
First of all you should ensure that the new logo is a 4bit RLE file (use e.g. GWS or WinGif to create it) and that it doesn't have more than 16 colors. Otherwise it would become too large to be embedded into the win.com file.
There are three different possibilities to change the logo:
1. The "simple" method:
Make a backup copy of WIN.COM (from the Windows directory) and of VGALOGO.RLE (from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Exit Windows.
Copy the new logo as VGALOGO.RLE to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Run Windows setup (SETUP.EXE) from the DOS prompt and change your video settings - or at least do so as if you wanted to change them, i.e. choose a different resolution and return to your previous settings. Save your changes.
If any problems occur, just write back your backup copies of WIN.COM and VGALOGO.RLE.
2. The "conventional" method:
Make a backup copy of WIN.COM (from the Windows directory) and of VGALOGO.RLE (from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Exit Windows.
Copy the new logo as VGALOGO.RLE to a temporary directory, together with WIN.CNF and VGALOGO.LGO from the WINDOWS resp. WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. From the DOS prompt change to this directory and execute the following command:
COPY /B WIN.CNF+VGALOGO.LGO+VGALOGO.RLE WIN.COM
Copy the "new" WIN.COM to the WINDOWS directory and the new VGALOGO.RLE to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
If any problems occur, just write back your backup copies of WIN.COM and VGALOGO.RLE.
3. The "secure" method:
Use a program to change the logo. Winlogo (165K) is a Shareware program that will do the job. It'll inform you if your file is too large to be embedded into WIN.COM.
Here you can download three startup logos that I created (reduced in size to fit to the page). If you don't have a RLE viewer, right-click the images to download the logos:
First of all you should ensure that the new logo is a 4bit RLE file (use e.g. GWS or WinGif to create it) and that it doesn't have more than 16 colors. Otherwise it would become too large to be embedded into the win.com file.
There are three different possibilities to change the logo:
1. The "simple" method:
Make a backup copy of WIN.COM (from the Windows directory) and of VGALOGO.RLE (from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Exit Windows.
Copy the new logo as VGALOGO.RLE to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Run Windows setup (SETUP.EXE) from the DOS prompt and change your video settings - or at least do so as if you wanted to change them, i.e. choose a different resolution and return to your previous settings. Save your changes.
If any problems occur, just write back your backup copies of WIN.COM and VGALOGO.RLE.
2. The "conventional" method:
Make a backup copy of WIN.COM (from the Windows directory) and of VGALOGO.RLE (from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Exit Windows.
Copy the new logo as VGALOGO.RLE to a temporary directory, together with WIN.CNF and VGALOGO.LGO from the WINDOWS resp. WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. From the DOS prompt change to this directory and execute the following command:
COPY /B WIN.CNF+VGALOGO.LGO+VGALOGO.RLE WIN.COM
Copy the "new" WIN.COM to the WINDOWS directory and the new VGALOGO.RLE to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
If any problems occur, just write back your backup copies of WIN.COM and VGALOGO.RLE.
3. The "secure" method:
Use a program to change the logo. Winlogo (165K) is a Shareware program that will do the job. It'll inform you if your file is too large to be embedded into WIN.COM.
Here you can download three startup logos that I created (reduced in size to fit to the page). If you don't have a RLE viewer, right-click the images to download the logos:
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