This is a step-by-step (in Windows) to remove the opening video (no one wants to see that logo pop up anymore )
1. Find the .bik files listed in Earth & Beyond/data/client/mixfiles
They would be as follows:
EB_Sizzle.bik
eb_ws_logo.bik
2. Rename each of these by adding .old to the end. They should look like this:
EB_Sizzle.bik.old
eb_ws_logo.bik.old
3. Create a new txt file by right clicking in the folder and selecting new and text document.
Name the text document:
EB_Sizzle.bik
4. Create another new txt file just like the instruction above.
Name the text document:
eb_ws_logo.bik
5. Voila! No more startup video!
If anything goes wrong, or you want to revert back, just remove the created documents and take the .old extension off the original documents
Enjoy!