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The characters signing in with their unique splash screens at NYC pay phones in the movie Hackers was quite cool to 12 year old me.

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I spent a stupid amount of time figuring out how to make a custom splash screen for Windows XP. And then a service pack reverted all my efforts. Good times.

that's right i forgot all about service packs. in the days before continuous patch delivery.

windows nt 4.0 sp #3 64mb installed

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