# Getting rid of picture at startup

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-picture-at-startup/125003>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 21, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-picture-at-startup/125003 "2002-08-21T23:06:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-picture-at-startup/125003/1 "2002-08-21T23:06:31Z")

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Recently, whenever i turn my computer on, when Windows is starting up a picture comes up on my screen, stays on screen for a few seconds, and then disappears to be replaced by the regular wallpaper. The picture is just a jpeg from my picture collection, but when i deleted the picture from the folder, it still came on at startup and ahutfown, so the computer must have made a copy and put it somewhere else. Does anyone know how this happened, and how i might get rid of it?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-picture-at-startup/125003/2 "2002-08-21T23:16:02Z")

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If you know the name of the picture’s file, search for any instances of it and delete them all and be sure to empty the recycle bin.

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-picture-at-startup/125003/3 "2002-08-21T23:36:34Z")

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Did you (accidentally or not) replace the startup image some time in the past? This image is stored in the file LOGO.SYS for Windows 95/98, and [Tweakcentral](http://tweakcentral.com/t002.htm) has instructions for other Windows versions. You should be able to go back to the original startup image by re-installing the default Windows file.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-picture-at-startup/125003/4 "2002-08-22T02:24:33Z")

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do what **Earthling** says…

or open logo.sys, logow.sys, logos.sys (from what i remember of win 95/98, they’re either in the C:\ dir or the C:\Windows dir). open them in paint. then u can edit and overwrite the files. just make sure the size, colours and attributes remain the same.