paint the screen grey when the application begins

[allimbued]

I am trying to paint the Computer Screen grey for the duration that the splash screen and the next popup screen (both of the dimensions lesser than the Computer Monitor's)run, the background is always grey.
I have the following for that

System.Drawing.Graphics.FromHdc(GetWindowDC(0)).DrawImage(b, 
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]My[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2].Computer.Screen.Bounds)
Application.Run(rd)
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The application begins with a splash screen. Though the background is grey initially, as soon as the splash screen runs, the background grey vanishes. Please help me engineer the code to accomplish the goal.
Thanks

 

[ret_sexy]

U can solves the problem of handling the splash screen by just adding a grey splash screen image?