Boot question - just curious

message from JJJJJJ on 2 Jun 2004
when my system boots, it loads the wall paper and then all the startup
programs
listed in the registry to run at boot time. after all the programs load, my
wall paper disappears for a couple seconds and then comes back.

Am just wondering what makes the wall paper disappear.
 

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