I noticed a few people were coming to my site looking for a way to remove the Trillian splash screen. Well you can do it and it requires a little editing of the configuration file. Open up the trillian.ini file located at:

C:/Program Files/Trillian/users/default/trillian.ini OR
C:/Documents and Settings/windows username/Trillian/trillian profile/trillian.ini

Now edit the line under [Setup] from Show Loading=1 to

Show Loading=0

If you don’t have these lines in your trillian.ini file you might want to upgrade to the latest version. You might also want to use these settings Minimize Buddies=1 and Show Closing=1 as well as removing useless Trillian plugins as it will speed up trillian loading time significantly.

Trillian is the best IM client that links together multiple services. I currently use it for multiple AIM accounts, MSN and my old ICQ account. The only problem I have with trillian is that I have to wait for it to reload whenever I reboot my computer. I decided to take action into my own hands and neutred its plugins so that it would load in under a second instead of 5-10 seconds.

In the Trillian directory I renamed all the features I don’t use:

• crypto.dll
• proxy.dll
• plugins\av.dll - by far the biggest slowdown
• plugins\irc.dll - mIRC for me.
• plugins\http.dll

This removed a good 8 seconds off the time required to start Trillian. I’d recommend it for anyone that sees the Trillian splash screen when they start windows. Also remember if you update Trillian you will need to remove or rename these files again.