This is the first bootup screen for the OS. Only on the Hewlett-Packard and Compaq recovery sets, the Hewlett-Packard or Compaq logo replaces the Windows XP logo.

Feb 18, 2022 · Windows_1.01_booting.png (640 × 400 pixels, file size: 1 KB, MIME type: image/png) This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet …

A comprehensive visual history of Microsoft Windows Title Screens from 1985 to 2025. See a gallery of the Microsoft Windows Title Screens evolution from the beginning to present day.

If you ever wanted to know how the Windows Startup Screen has evolved in much detail, here's a video showing just that! This includes beta builds which provides a much more clear, concise...

Microsoft Windows 1.01, the first public version of Windows, was released on November 20, 1985. It is shown here running on an IBM PC XT (Model 5160) with an EGA Display. You can …

Windows 1.11 (2019, Stranger Things 3 promotion): The screen animates like normal, until it suddenly glitches; the colors shift from blue and white to black and red, the version number …

By supporting cooperative multitasking in tiled windows when using well-behaved applications that only used DOS system calls and permitting non-well-behaved applications to run in a full …

Oct 26, 2025 · The first known build to use a boot screen was Windows 1.0 Beta Release, which features a merging Microsoft logo and version information. This screen remained virtually …

Afterwards, random corrupted characters (that are actually parts of the computer's raw memory) start typing in, rapidly filling up the screen and causing the Windows bootscreen to move upward.

Mar 13, 2025 · In November 1983, shortly after the Windows reveal, InfoWorld’s John Markoff rooted out an issue right away: a significant number of programs would “misbehave” in the …