Disable the splash screen.

I always wonder, what’s Windows XP doing behind splash screen. Let’s find out bloggers.

1. Right click My Computer. Select Properties then click on the Advanced tab.
2. Next click Settings under Startup and Recovery. Click Edit.
3. You'll need to edit this file "BOOT.INI" Add '/SOS' right after /fastdetect with a space between them. The line should look something like this :multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsoft Windows Professional" /fastdetect /SOS

After you restart, the splash screen should be gone! You can set it back by removing the /SOS switch