It also made a cool rebooting effect on the computer. Users frequently won't bother. This is one way you can outsmart yourself. If I do finish loading the page, and the stuff I was looking for isn't there, and I have to load another page, I may not bother. Especially the second or third time.
Cover pages are a disaster.
Registration pages have the same effect. I recently tried to get a firmware update for a Dell computer. So, I went to their site. The categorization is rude, but most importantly, it's not technical support . The purpose of your page is to provide certain content.