Only recently, on startup and shutdown, the machine has begun to display the photo of a woman. Not porn. More like an oldie style pin up, but awkward for my situation. The photo is not in the wallpaper list on the control panel and it disappears after 30 seconds or so.

Went through every Windows folder looking for a jpeg, but it must be disguised.

Any clues will be appreciated.

Josef jadahl31@yahoo.com

In Windows 95, 98, and ME the startup logo screen is controlled by the file C:\Logo.sys.If this file does not exist, Windows will load the default logo screen that is inside the file C:\IO.sys. The Please Wait and shut down screens are located in the Windows folder, they are Logos.sys and Logow.sys.

If this picture is present at startup and shutdown do a search or simply locate the logo.sys and logos.sys files. Right click each one and choose open with paint or any picture program you have. This will allow you to see whether it is the right one. You can delete it but am not sure if the standard one will be displayed after that.

Logo.sys will be displayed via the io.sys file as mentioned. The logow (the "Please wait...") and logos ("It's now safe...") files in c:\windows must be replaced if altered/deleted.

Hello Dan & Tassie,

Thanks for the help. I did find the files (MS Logo for W98 and Safe to Shutdown) and they are clean. But I did not find the photo of this blonde girl. It appears following the MS Logo and remains (her photo centered on a green background) until I clear the network log in. She then disappears as the normal desktop comes on with the wallpaper I had selected.

It's not porn and the girl is reasonably attractive. But there are some heavy sensitivities here as I have no way to explain who this girl is and why I seem to be so attracted to her that I put her photo on my machine!!!!

Josef

Do you know the name of the file?

Check for possible entries which may be calling up this picture file;

Start, Programs, StartUp
Start, Run, msconfig. Startup tab
win.ini; (Start, Run, sysedit) [windows] section, load= and run= lines
Check c:\windows for a wininit.ini file.

If no results for the above, the registry is next.

Dan,

Thanks again. I found it. Went to win.ini and opened the desktop folder. Found a path to a bmp file in the IE folder of W98. Sure enough that was the young lady.

Thank you,
Josef

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