RANDOM LOGO MANAGER


Requirements:

An IBM PC or compatible running Microsoft Windows 95, and booting from a local hard disk. This program is not suitable for use on network installations of Windows 95.


Installation:

Once unzipped, as normal under Windows 95 (Control Panel|Add/Remove Programs). Alternatively, run Setup. (The program does need to be installed.)


Removal:

As normal under Windows 95 (Control Panel|Add/Remove Programs). Alternatively, run the Setup program in the directory the program was installed to with the command line /Clean.


What it will do:

When run, the program Rndlogo sits on the machine waiting for Windows to shut down. When Windows does shut down, it randomly chooses bitmaps from a directory you have specified, and replaces the Windows startup and shut down logos with them.
When it's installed, a Logo Manager icon is added to the Control Panel. This enables you to control which (if any) of the three Windows 95 logos (the one that says "Welcome to Windows 95", the one that says "Please wait while Windows 95 shuts down", and the one that says "It is now safe to turn off your computer") will be changed randomly, and which directory the replacements will be taken from.


What it will not do:

Well, anything else, really; but mainly what it won't do is create the bitmaps to be used as logos. You have to do this yourself using MS Paint (or an equivalent) or a scanner. Bitmaps to be used as logos must have dimensions 320 x 400 (in pixels, or pels as Microsoft like to call them), and must be saved in 256 colours. When they're displayed they are expanded horizontally to be 640 pixels wide, so when they're created they need to be squashed up. It is up to you to fill your chosen directory with suitable bitmaps, and to ensure that they do conform to these specifications - RndLogo will choose from any files with the .BMP extension, without checking that they are in fact suitable for use as logos (or even that they are in fact bitmaps).
I personally have a set of Impressionist pictures which get shown randomly - other people may like different things; companies may like to boot up with randomly chosen exhortations to work harder!

 
Copyright Notice:

Program and this text (C) Pete Barrett 1997.

This program, together with its attendant documentation, may be freely copied and distributed on the understanding that:
None of the files which make up the program are separately distributed.
The files are distributed as they are received, without alteration (though they may be packed together into a single compressed file).
No charge is made for the program itself (though a reasonable charge for media and copying may be made).
These conditions are imposed on the recipient.

The program is entirely free, but you use it at your own risk (I've been using it since October 1996 without problems). It is not supported, but any comments can be sent to:

Pete Barrett
40, Warren Road
Stirchley			Tel.: 0121-459 3723
Birmingham
B30 2NY                 e-mail: 101711.1652@compuserve.com
(U.K.)

