windows splash screen

[alecrippa]

hi all,
I have a question about windows 7 rather than MaLa, but as I'm using MaLa.. I thought to ask here
I'm using the MaLa NanoCade layout and I created a Windows 7 splashscreen that resembles its theme.
I use a tool called "Windows 7 boot updater" to replace the whirling windows logo with a static image, and I somehow modified the light blue screen that appears just before entering windows with another home-made image.

BUT!
Is there a way to remove that nasty "Welcome" sentence? I initially thought to hide it by placing a white background beneath it, but it has a shadow! So the only option is to get rid of it.
And that ugly blue mouse pointer too, shaped as a ring, that appears alongside.. Do you know a way to hide it?

Thanks
AC

[BadMouth]

I haven't done it personally, but here are instructions for "hiding windows 7 completely"
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,113896.msg1209411.html#msg1209411

[alecrippa]

wow, cool! thanks a lot, I'll give it a try tonight