diff -Nru oldsrc/emu/render.cpp src/emu/render.cpp
--- oldsrc/emu/render.cpp	2017-08-30 11:43:29.000000000 +1000
+++ src/emu/render.cpp	2017-08-31 20:36:59.010177292 +1000
@@ -1399,7 +1399,8 @@
 		}
 
 	// if we are not in the running stage, draw an outer box
-	else
+	// DISABLE WHITE BORDER
+	else if ( !m_manager.machine().options().skip_gameinfo() )
 	{
 		render_primitive *prim = list.alloc(render_primitive::QUAD);
 		set_render_bounds_xy(prim->bounds, 0.0f, 0.0f, (float)m_width, (float)m_height);
diff -Nru oldsrc/frontend/mame/ui/ui.cpp src/frontend/mame/ui/ui.cpp
--- oldsrc/frontend/mame/ui/ui.cpp	2017-08-30 11:43:30.000000000 +1000
+++ src/frontend/mame/ui/ui.cpp	2017-08-31 20:48:49.676532160 +1000
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@
 		switch (state)
 		{
 		case 0:
-			if (show_warnings)
+			// DISABLE INTERACTIVE WARNING MESSAGES
+			if (show_gameinfo)
 				messagebox_text = machine_info().warnings_string();
 			if (!messagebox_text.empty())
 			{
@@ -770,6 +771,10 @@
 
 uint32_t mame_ui_manager::handler_messagebox(render_container &container)
 {
+	// DISABLE INITIALIZING, LOADING & DECRYPTING MESSAGES
+	if (machine().options().skip_gameinfo())
+		return 0;
+
 	draw_text_box(container, messagebox_text.c_str(), ui::text_layout::LEFT, 0.5f, 0.5f, messagebox_backcolor);
 	return 0;
 }