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XunknownX
10-21-03, 11:15 AM
I hope this is the proper area to post this. It is MS OS related.

Anyone here change there boot screens for WinXP? Anyone have any custom boot screens they would like to share?

Here's mine scaled down....

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/92210/1.jpg
shiyan
10-21-03, 01:02 PM
here's mine:
http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m0324684/boot2.jpg
DarkDraco
10-21-03, 01:08 PM
Mine:
http://www.darknemesis.com/images/compmod/biohaz.jpg
XunknownX
10-21-03, 05:49 PM
Easiest way is to attain a program such as BootXP. Otherwise you'll have to edit ntoskrnl.exe in the system32 folder with a program called Resource Hacker and it's a real pain.
RedDeathDrinker
10-22-03, 01:59 AM
http://freespace.virgin.net/alasdair.ewen/Images/Overclockers.jpg

I did a few of these a while back.........you can see the whole lot at http://freespace.virgin.net/alasdair.ewen/bootscreens.htm

Be aware - different builds of XP have slightly different ntoskrnl.exe files. It's best you modify your own ntoskrnl.exe (it's pretty easy!) , or use BootXP
powerme
10-22-03, 02:22 AM
can you show a step by step how to modify ntoskrnl.exe ??? or at least point a link.

thanks
CrashOveride
10-22-03, 02:27 AM
Originally posted by powerme
can you show a step by step how to modify ntoskrnl.exe ??? or at least point a link.

thanks

Here (http://www.belchfire.net/~userxp/indexlbr.htm) is a program that does it and RedDeathDrinker has instructions on his webpage.
powerme
10-22-03, 02:36 AM
i downloaded bootxp and still learn how to use this programs.

thanks for the link, crashoveride
DarkDraco
10-23-03, 12:07 AM
edited my1st post with my boot screen. but i have a problem. the loading bar doesnt stay where i want it to. it keeps going back to befault
CrashOveride
10-23-03, 01:51 AM
Originally posted by DarkDraco
edited my1st post with my boot screen. but i have a problem. the loading bar doesnt stay where i want it to. it keeps going back to befault

I think it has to be defualt... I have seen pople try to make it go somwhere else but never seen it acutaly work...
shiyan
10-23-03, 02:15 AM
hmmm... I got mine to work... it is lower than the standard one.

I just used booteditor from that linked page to do it.
jrbob
10-23-03, 06:59 AM
Or you can rename the new ntoskrnl.exe to ntoskrnl2.exe and add that line to your boot.ini and just pick the boot you would like to use:)
quail
10-23-03, 12:46 PM
There a way to do that off StyleXP also?
CrashOveride
10-24-03, 03:35 PM
Originally posted by quail
There a way to do that off StyleXP also?

Only the logon screen. But I like the Logon and boot randomizer program better for both. Because of the style stuff and StyleXP being slightly buggy from time to time it tests to cause more confusion/problems (or at least has for me in the past).
Falcon-K
10-25-03, 01:18 AM
i found bootxp to be the easiest but that might just be me
CrashOveride
10-25-03, 06:16 PM
Originally posted by Falcon-K
i found bootxp to be the easiest but that might just be me

You are probably right... the Logon and boot Randomizer proggy is not very easy to understand... I like it because it allows you to chang the logon screens too (or can you do that with bootxp?).
deathman20
10-27-03, 11:25 AM
I use StyleXP and Bootxp for my Login/Boot Screens, and StyleXP for my desktop. I don't have a problem with it at all. StyleXP is a little buggy and once and a while it might not show the interface for your desktop correctly (more of a traditional style it turns to) but the next reboot usually fixes that if not going in manually will fix it.
|3lackmagiK
10-27-03, 06:44 PM
I made my own - since i go to Stevens Institute of Technology - Made myself a dark Stevens Institute background..... wonderful little thing.

AND BTW - it's not meant to look evil. Just dark.

http://personal.stevens.edu/~achadzyn/Stevens.JPG

Btw - thanks for pointing out the BMp - sorta neglected that point.
|3lackmagiK
10-27-03, 06:46 PM
Deathman - that's exactly the setup i use..... maybe we need to resurrect a desktop printscreen??????

I really dont feel like bringing back the old one.... since it's full of bad links to pix
shiyan
10-27-03, 06:48 PM
|3lackmagiK: might be a good idea to change that to a jpeg.

your bmp file is around 900k and takes a while to load.
CrashOveride
10-27-03, 08:21 PM
Originally posted by |3lackmagiK
Deathman - that's exactly the setup i use..... maybe we need to resurrect a desktop printscreen??????

I really dont feel like bringing back the old one.... since it's full of bad links to pix

Do you mean a thread like this?
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=233351
|3lackmagiK
10-27-03, 08:28 PM
good call.... perhaps i need sleep.