You can change the bootup and shutdown screens. You can find a good article on the details at:
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My version of Win98SE also has the same bootup screen as my older Win98. To change it basically involves creating a 320- by 400-pixel, 256-color image using paint and saving the file in the root directory of your boot drive [usually your C: drive] as logo.sys.
<i>Its not fun AFTER you have fragged everyone.</i> 😎 James