1. W95-11D.ZIP Driver
2. NEWLOGO.TXT File Contents

NEWLOGO.TXT Driver File Contents (W95-11D.ZIP)

			     AXCEL216's MAX Speeed
		Change Windows 95/98/ME Logos + Desktop Wallpaper
			    Step by Step Guidelines




Are you already tired of that same [read "boring" :)] Win95/98/ME startup
Logo, whenever your computer boots up, and/or of the same old Wallpaper
displayed as background on your Windows Desktop?
If you answered YES, read on...
To replace the Microsoft default startup Logo (C:\LOGO.SYS, BMP format,
320x400, 256 colors), always showing up upon bootup, with a new picture
(.BMP, .GIF or .JPG, 640x480 or even larger, 256 or even 16 million colors,
different EVERY time), and/or "admire" a new (different EVERY time) Desktop
Wallpaper (BitMaP = .BMP) when you start the Windows GUI, follow these
steps:



A. First, you need PKUNZIP.EXE, part of the PKWARE PKZIP + PKUNZIP v2.50
32-bit, THE essential DOS ZIPping/unZIPping tools, LFNs (Long File Names)
compliant ONLY in a Windows 95/98/ME DOS box [202 KB, no nag shareware]:
ftp://ftp.pkware.com/PK250DOS.EXE
Place all PKWARE files into a new folder called C:\ZIP.
Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file (both located in C:\ root) with
Notepad/Sysedit in Windows or EDIT.COM in DOS, and add C:\ZIP at the end of
your PATH line. Example:

SET PATH=C:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\MYSTUFF;C:\ZIP;

Save and reboot.



B. Download ZIPAPER v1.3c DOS mode wallpaper changer for Windows 9x/3.1x [40
KB, nag shareware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/ZIPAP13C.ZIP
READ the documentation included with Zipaper and install it also in C:\ZIP.



C. Modify/add a line in MSDOS.SYS's [Options] section (a hidden, read-only,
system file, found in C:\, the root directory of your boot drive), to read:

Logo=1

In order to be able to modify MSDOS.SYS, you need to change its attributes to
Archive, and then edit it using any Windows/DOS text/ASCI file editor, like
Notepad in Windows or EDIT.COM in DOS.
Save the file and change its attributes back to Hidden, Read-only and System.
To ease this task I included here SYS95.BAT, a DOS style BATch file, which
automates all above operations: changes MSDOS.SYS attributes to enable its
editing, uses Notepad in Windows or EDIT.COM in DOS to edit it, and after YOU
manually make the change(s) you want, it resets back the original attributes.
Change the drive letter if other than C. On DrvSpace compressed disks there
are two MSDOS.SYS files: 1 on the compressed drive (default C:) and 1 on the
host drive (default H:). You need to edit BOTH to include the Logo=1 line!



D. The bitmaps used as logos by Windows 9x/ME [mandatory names + locations]:
- LOGO.SYS = boot-up/start-up logo [in the root folder of the boot
drive/partition, usually C:\],
- LOGOW.SYS = wait-to-shut-down logo [in the main Windows folder, usually
C:\WINDOWS] and
- LOGOS.SYS = shut-down logo [in the main Windows folder, usually C:\WINDOWS].

FYI:
"On DrvSpace compressed drives/partitions another copy of LOGO.SYS MUST reside
in the host drive/partition root directory (default is H:\)."
[Thank you Yuri (kukina@nioch.nsc.ru)!]

Windows ME no longer uses a LOGOW.SYS file.
Windows 98, 98 SE and ME no longer use an actual LOGO.SYS file. Their default
boot logo is built into IO.SYS, a read-only, system file residing in C:\ root
(and in H:\ root if using DrvSpace).
The good news is you CAN replace the Microsoft logo with your own LOGO.SYS in
C:\ root, and have it "plastered" all over the screen next time your computer
(re)boots, because it overrides the "boring" one from IO.SYS. :)
See "WHERE IS LOGO.SYS?" in TIPS98.TXT, "OSR2 LOGO.SYS" in OSR2TIPS.TXT and
"FIRST LOGO" in MYTIPS95.TXT (all included) for more details.

Win9x/ME logos are actually uncompressed Windows bitmaps (.BMP format), RGB
(Red-Green-Blue) encoded, with the .SYS extension. Each bitmap MUST be
EXACTLY 320x400 pixels in size, have EXACTLY 256 colors and MUST NOT be
COMPRESSED (a.k.a. RLE = Run Length Encoded), to be recognized by the OS as
VALID logos!
File size does NOT matter. Animated logos are usually LARGER to include
additional changing colors hex code.
Look at the size of my included LOGO.SYS (animated).
Static (non-animated) logos are 129,078 or 129,080 Bytes in size.

To create/edit/resize your own custom logos, follow these steps:
1. Open the Win9x/ME built-in MS Paint tool [formerly called PaintBrush in
Windows 3.xx :)], a primitive but free image editor/viewer, found as
C:\Program Files\Accessories\Mspaint.exe (default location).
2. Load the Windows bitmap (.BMP format) of your choice, cut & paste (to &
from the clipboard) another picture from a 3rd party image viewer/editor in
any other graphic format (GIF, JPG, PNG, TGA, TIF etc), or create a new one
from scratch.
3. Increase or decrease (if necessary) the number of colors to 256.
4. Select Image -> Stretch -> Skew.
5. Select Horizontal -> set Percentage to 50.
6. Click OK.
7. Select Image -> Stretch -> Skew again.
8. Select Vertical -> set Percentage to 104.
9. Click OK.
10. Select Image -> Stretch -> Skew again.
11. Select Vertical -> set Percentage to 80.
12. Click OK.
13. Verify the new file size: select Image -> Attributes -> it should display:
320x400 bitmap.
14. Save it as LOGO.BMP.
15. Exit MS Paint.
16. Rename LOGO.BMP to LOGO.SYS.
17. Place LOGO.SYS in C:\ root (and in H:\ root if using DrvSpace).
18. Make sure your MSDOS.SYS file(s) in C:\ root (and in H:\ root if using
DrvSpace) contain(s) this line:
Logo=1
under the [Options] section (see paragraph C above).
19. Reboot.
Voila! From now on you should see your new logo displayed while Windows
boots.

How to create animated/static Win9x/ME logos using 3rd party image tools:
http://www.nucleus.com/~kmcmurdo/win95logo.html

CAUTION:
Do NOT modify ANY animated boot logo using MS Paint or ANY other 3rd party
graphic editor NOT supporting MS Windows bitmap animation palette, because
they will remove its animation code, converting it into a static one!
More info:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,,56025,.asp

Free(ware) tools to create/edit/manage animated/static Win9x/ME logos:
- Gromada 1st Impression:
http://www.gromada.com/1stImpression.html
- WinLogo Changer:
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/jobbs/79/#Changer
- Yer Winlogo 98:
http://www.logt.demon.nl/alt/ywinlogo.htm
- CT Logo Changer [nag shareware]:
http://www.camtech2000.net/Pages/CTLogo.html
- Logo Schemes:
http://dave.gasaway.org/software/logoschemes.html
- OEM Logo Manager:
http://www.seymours.freeserve.co.uk/oeminfo.htm
- XrX Logo Tools + Screen Saver [shareware]:
http://www.xrx.ca/logoutils/

Animated/static Win9x/ME logos:
- XrX Animated Logo Collection:
http://www.nucleus.com/~kmcmurdo/logos/
- Boot Splashes Guide:
http://www.forrestandassociates.co.uk/pcforrest/boot_splashes.html
- Windows Startup + Shutdown Screens:
http://www.camtech2000.net/Pages/Logos.html
- litePC Logo Gallery:
http://www.litepc.com/logo.html



E. Put together in the same folder as many 320x400x256 bitmaps as you like
(Zipaper supports a maximum of 500 files in one archive!), and zip them up
with PKZIP, into an archive called LOGOS9X.ZIP. Place LOGOS9X.ZIP in C:\ZIP.
The bitmaps contained in LOGOS9X.ZIP MUST have the .BMP extension to be
recognized and extracted by Zipaper. Zipaper extracts randomly or in order
(you control this with Zipaper's command line parameters) a bitmap from
LOGOS9X.ZIP to the current folder (which MUST be C:\ root), and renames it to
WALPAPER.BMP. Then you MUST rename WALPAPER.BMP to LOGO.SYS, to have it used
as bootup logo. This way you'll see a different (new) startup logo every time
upon (re)boot. Then make these your LAST AUTOEXEC.BAT lines to make all this
happen (example):

C:
CD\
IF EXIST C:\LOGO.SYS ATTRIB.EXE -H -R -S +A C:\LOGO.SYS
C:\ZIP\ZIPAPER.EXE C:\ZIP\LOGOS9X.ZIP C:\ZIP\PKUNZIP.EXE /NR
IF EXIST C:\LOGO.SYS DEL C:\LOGO.SYS
IF EXIST C:\WALPAPER.BMP REN C:\WALPAPER.BMP LOGO.SYS
WIN.COM %1 %2 %3

The /NR parameter above forces ZIPAPER to extract the BMPs in the order they
are zipped into LOGOS9X.ZIP, each time you run Zipaper, which stores this
information in a file it creates the first time you run it, called
LOGOS9X.ZPA (if your zip file name is LOGOS9X.ZIP), also located in C:\ZIP in
this example.
Run ZIPAPER without any switches from any DOS prompt for usage details.



F. Use one of these freeware DOS 16-bit graphics viewers + conversion tools:
- Ombra v7.22 [96 KB]:
http://www.enet.it/hpg/ew/ombra722.zip
- PictView v1.94 [105 KB]:
http://www.pictview.com/pictview.zip
to display a full screen [any VGA/(X)SVGA mode up to 1600x1200 screen
resolution, even in true color: 16 million colors] picture whenever you
start/load Windows from a batch file, replacing the Windows default built-in
startup [read "boring" :)] logo.
These tools require a VESA/VBE 2.0/3.0 compliant video card and MS-DOS 5/6 or
MS Windows 95/98/ME.
Install them in the same C:\ZIP directory mentioned above, and *READ* their
manuals to learn how to use them.
Add a line to your CONFIG.SYS file for Ombra or PictView, AFTER your last
DEVICE/DEVICEHIGH command, to display your favorite full screen .BMP image
every time you boot (see below), BEFORE starting Windows, while processing
all commands listed in your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. It's cool to see a
new picture on the screen, instead of being bored with the same scrolling
messages of drivers/TSRs/programs loading from your CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT every time upon bootup. Example of CONFIG.SYS line:

INSTALL=C:\ZIP\OMBRA.EXE /M22 /Q /S C:\ZIP\WALPAPER.BMP

The /Q and /S parameters are MANDATORY, forcing Ombra to return to the DOS
command line to allow processing of the next batch command, while leaving the
picture on the screen.

INSTALL=C:\ZIP\PICTVIEW.EXE C:\ZIP\WALPAPER.BMP 640 --NOCLS --Q

The --NOCLS and --Q parameters are MANDATORY, forcing PictView to return to
the DOS command line to allow processing of the next batch command, while
leaving the picture on the screen.

Then make these your LAST AUTOEXEC.BAT lines, to have ZIPAPER extract a NEW
.BMP file from BMPS.ZIP (also located in C:\ZIP) every time you run it:

C:
CD\ZIP
C:\ZIP\ZIPAPER.EXE C:\ZIP\BMPS.ZIP C:\ZIP\PKUNZIP.EXE /NR
CD\
WIN.COM %1 %2 %3

You need to have all (Zipaper supports a maximum of 500 files in one archive!)
your 256 colors (number of colors is optional) full screen VGA (640x480 or
larger) bitmaps, (with the .BMP extension), zipped using PKZIP.EXE into the
BMPS.ZIP archive, and place it also in C:\ZIP.
You can use one of these popular graphic formats with Ombra or PictView: .BMP,
.GIF or .TGA (PictView supports also the .JPG format). Just mention the file
extension on the command line (examples):

C:\ZIP\OMBRA.EXE C:\PICS\MYPIC.GIF /Q /S

or:

C:\ZIP\PICTVIEW.EXE C:\PICS\MYPIC.JPG --NOCLS --Q

G. You can use the same procedure (above) to have a new bitmap displayed as
your desktop background wallpaper, every time you load Windows. All you have
to do is start Win9x from a DOS batch file to include these lines, or add them
at the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT (example):

C:
CD\ZIP
C:\ZIP\ZIPAPER.EXE C:\ZIP\BMPS.ZIP C:\ZIP\PKUNZIP.EXE /NR
WIN.COM %1 %2 %3

Prior to this, zip up all your full screen size wallpapers/bitmaps (MUST be in
.BMP format), 640x480x256 colors (size and number of colors are optional) into
a zip file called BMPS.ZIP, and place it also in C:\ZIP.

To change your Desktop background wallpaper (use for example
C:\ZIP\WALPAPER.BMP):
1. Place all .BMP files in the folder of your choice.
2. Right-click on an empty Desktop spot.
3. Click Properties.
3. Select the Background tab.
5. Click Browse to choose your own bitmap [defaults to .BMP format if Active
Desktop (View as Web Page) is disabled = MS IE 5.xx must be installed if using
Win95/OSR1/OSR2] located in a folder on your local hard drive(s)/partition(s).
6. Make sure to check the "Center" box if the screen size is larger than your
selected image.
7. Click OK/Apply.
TIP: MS Plus! for Windows 95, Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x, 98/98 SE and ME users
can stretch the wallpaper size to fit the entire screen area independent of
Desktop size:
- MS Plus! 95 and OSR2: right-click on an empty Desktop spot -> Properties ->
Plus! or Effects tab -> check the "Stretch desktop wallpaper to fit the
screen" box -> click OK/Apply.
- Windows 98/98 SE and ME: right-click on an empty Desktop spot -> Properties
-> Background tab -> in the Desktop box scroll to "Stretch" -> click OK/Apply.



				 WRAP-UP



* I included here a funny animated LOGO.SYS to use at Win9x/ME bootup.
Just include this Logo into your zip file that contains your other bitmaps
(LOGOS9X.ZIP mentioned above), and make sure to change its extension to .BMP
FIRST by renaming it to SUNKNWIN.BMP, to be recognized by Zipaper (if using
Zipaper).
To replace directly the Microsoft default startup Logo with this one, BACKUP
YOURS FIRST, and then place the included LOGO.SYS into C:\ root (and into H:\
root if using DrvSpace -> see paragraph D above).
You'll see it next time you decide "it's safe" to reboot your computer.
Download more 400x320x256 colors BitMaPs (.BMP format) to use as your Windows
9x/ME logos [547 KB, FREEware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/95LOGOS.ZIP
LOGO.SYS (same as the one included here), BLUEWIN.BMP, CODEFUSE.BMP,
MAXSPEED.BMP + PUZZLE95.BMP are animated logos.

* It's cool to have a bunch of bitmaps in a zip file, so they don't take much
disk space, and have Windows show up a different full screen wallpaper every
time it loads. I have over 450 Windows style desktop wallpapers (with the .BMP
extension), 640x480x256 colors bitmaps, compressed into a single ZIP file
(BMPS.ZIP) which takes only 53 MB. The individual (non-compressed) .BMP files
would occupy over 135 MB!
I also archived 480 Windows logo bitmaps (.BMP), 320x400x256 colors into a
single archive (LOGOS9X.ZIP), to have a different logo shown each time Windows
boots. This zip is 16 MB in size, instead of 48 MB, taken by the actual files.
To make all this work, I start both Windows 98 SE and WfWG 3.11 (using Win98's
dual-boot feature) from a batch file called W95.BAT (included), you can view
with Notepad.

* You can use SUNKNWIN.BMP or AXCEL216.BMP (640x480 pixels, 256 colors, BitMaP
format, both included here) as your Desktop background wallpaper.

* For more BitMaPs to use as Windows wallpapers, get MYBMPS.ZIP [1.36 MB,
FREEware]:
http://members.aol.com/xqxsetup/MYBMPS.ZIP

* CREDITS:
AXCEL216.BMP is freely distributed original artwork by Conny Jonsson's
Graphics:
http://connect.to/conny/
created in JPG format (1024x768, 16 million colors, 24-bit).
I converted it to Windows BitMaP format (640x480, BMP, 256 colors, 8-bit) in
Adobe PhotoShop:
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/
for ease of use as background wallpaper, to reduce Windows memory requirements
and file size.
You'll find other cool computer generated original 3D JPEG images at Conny's
home site!
See my Site Logos page for more 3D pics:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/logo.htm

* 32-bit tools to change/manage Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Desktop
background wallpapers (most are freeware):
- "WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP GRAPHICS EDITORS" in SOFTWARE.TXT (included).
- Wallpaper Changer:
http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/
- Paper:
http://krapplets.cream.org/paper.shtml
- Ultimate Wallpaper Changer:
http://www.jefflorenzini.com/wallpaper.html
- Wallpaper Manager:
http://www.appcontrols.com/software/wallpaperman.html

Enjoy!