It is possible to disable the XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the overall booting process. Be aware that removing the splash screen will also cause you not to see any boot-up messages that might come up (chkdsk, convert … ), but if your system runs without any problems then it should not matter.
Edit boot.ini
Add ” /noguiboot” right after “/fastdetect”
Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the new switch.
Note: boot.ini is one of the very first files that come into play when a Windows XP system is started up. It is a plain text file that is kept in the system root, so it is usually C:\boot.ini.
Because it is an essential system file, the attributes are set to hidden, system, read-only to protect it. That means that it will not appear in the file lists in My Computer or Windows Explorer unless the default Windows settings are changed to show hidden files.
