Windows 10: Windows 10 Pro Startup Screen

i have a pretty odd question...

about a year ago i replaced the windows 10 startup screen with an image of my own, and it has worked wonderfully ever since... now i'm trying to do it on my new windows 10 machine but, for the life of me, i can't remember how i did it!

does anyone know how i might have accomplished this? i thought i might have used a windows tweaking tool like "ultimate windows tweaker" which i have installed on the pc with the startup edit, but looking through the options i don't see where it can be done... i've also searched the pc for any other tool that i might have used but came up empty.

fwiw the pc with the startup edit is a nuc which offers a bios option that allows you to change the nuc's splash screen (intel nuc), but i don't remember ever using this option, but even if did use this option wouldn't i still get the windows startup screen? or would the nuc splash screen override the windows startup screen?

to be clear, this is the windows 10 "startup screen" i'm talking about - my custom image replaced the blue windows icon but, iirc, the spinning dots were still there:





:)

 

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Startup Blue Screen

Hi Jon,

Startup blue screen error(s) can occur if a problem causes your PC to shut down or restart unexpectedly. It could be due to the following:

• Outdated device software drivers
• Corrupted Windows update system files
• Software/Security conflicts

We would like to know some information:

• Did you get any blue screen stop error codes?
• Have you tried booting in Safe mode?

We suggest that you check this
article about troubleshooting blue screen errors and follow the troubleshooting steps provided there.

We will wait for your response

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.