It looks like I was mistaken.

http://support.microsoft.com/892627

From what I've read so far, the Simple Boot Flag looks like a good
feature that can also be used to optimize boot performance. Of course,
I'll have to look into whether or not my BIOS can support this feature
and make sure that swapping the boot loader doesn't break something
else, but it does provide some hope.



On Jun 10, 12:00*pm, jbcs...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Thanks Bing, but I believe that the Windows splash screen which
> appears as the system goes into hibernation is a result of the
> operating system, not the BIOS. The BIOS has it's own splash screen
> and I am able to suppress it in the BIOS settings. I've never seen or
> heard about any settings in the BIOS that would tell the operating
> system to show or hide its splash screens. As far as I know, OS splash
> screens are handled by the OS, unless I am mistaken.
>
> I'm still open to any other suggestions that anyone has to offer.
>
> On Jun 9, 9:01*pm, "Bing.Chen" <bing.c...@advantech.com.tw.NO_SPAM>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Dear jbcseri,
>
> > * * BIOS modification is a possible way hide this screen.
>
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Bing Chen
> > Advantech Co., Ltd.
> > Microsoft eMVP
>
> > ?? - ???????????????http://www.advantech.com.tw/epc/newsletter/ATW/2005MS/
>
> > <jbcs...@yahoo.com>
> > ???????:00cd52aa-a12c-4908-8404-e8efff64c...@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > >I have all of the registry settings included to suppress nearly all
> > > status messages, pop-up baloons, etc., and all of that works as it
> > > should. The one that I have not yet been able to figure out is how to
> > > suppress the status messages that appear as the system goes into and
> > > returns from hibernation mode. The DisableStatusMessages registry
> > > entry was mentioned in another post; it suppresses the logon/logoff
> > > messages, but not the hibernation status messages.
>
> > > Ideally, it would be nice to be able to replace the hibernation status
> > > splash screens with my own, similar to what can be done during a cold
> > > boot using the "/noguiboot /bootlogo" flags in boot.ini, but at a
> > > minimum I would just like to suppress the hibernation status messages.
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