How to turn off OE splash screen?
• Start the registry editor. • Find the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express \5.0, where GUID is Global Unique IDentifier for your identity. • Right click on an empty space in the right pane of the registry editor, then click New->DWORD value. • Name the value NoSplash and set value data to 1.