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<blockquote data-quote="NewUser" data-source="post: 225146" data-attributes="member: 64286">wow can't believe this is easiest than I thought.The startup routine that needs masking from a cold boot isBIOS screen, (use asus Mylogo. if motherboard supports it)Window Vista orb animation, (replacable icons in authui.dll)mouse icon for a split second, (use invisble cursor. bascially a cursor with a&nbsp; black skin so it blends in)welcome startup login screen, (there is a stardock program for vista but you could only change the backgroud)Desktop with cursor, (use desktop wall paper same as MP background skin. use cursor hack in xp to hide in corner)MP splash screen. (use the hacked method in the XP link)That seems like a lot of work doesn't it. Its possible to change all that. (except for the vista welcome screen, its a bit hard to remove the logos without resource hacking it and a lot of time and effort)ORHibernate!Using cold boot method it takes 1min 6 seconds, timed from pressing the power button to entering MediaPortal. Hibernate only takes 20 seconds tops. It also only shows one screen revealing windows vista and that is the &quot;Resuming windows&quot; screen (also a split second of the &quot;welcome&quot; screen). DIf Hibernate is used, not only do you get a faster boot by 3 times, you also only need to change potentially 3 screens (boot screen too). I'll investigate more into it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NewUser, post: 225146, member: 64286"] wow can't believe this is easiest than I thought. The startup routine that needs masking from a cold boot is BIOS screen, (use asus Mylogo. if motherboard supports it) Window Vista orb animation, (replacable icons in authui.dll) mouse icon for a split second, (use invisble cursor. bascially a cursor with a black skin so it blends in) welcome startup login screen, (there is a stardock program for vista but you could only change the backgroud) Desktop with cursor, (use desktop wall paper same as MP background skin. use cursor hack in xp to hide in corner) MP splash screen. (use the hacked method in the XP link) That seems like a lot of work doesn't it. Its possible to change all that. (except for the vista welcome screen, its a bit hard to remove the logos without resource hacking it and a lot of time and effort) [FONT="Arial Black"]OR[/FONT] [FONT="Arial Black"]Hibernate![/FONT] Using cold boot method it takes 1min 6 seconds, timed from pressing the power button to entering MediaPortal. Hibernate only takes 20 seconds tops. It also only shows one screen revealing windows vista and that is the "Resuming windows" screen (also a split second of the "welcome" screen). D If Hibernate is used, not only do you get a faster boot by 3 times, you also only need to change potentially 3 screens (boot screen too). I'll investigate more into it. [/QUOTE]

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