XP Splash Screen

[Daniel]

Hello,

How do I change the splash screen while windows is loading?

Thanks for your help,
Daniel

[Quantrizi]

Originally posted by Daniel
Hello,

How do I change the splash screen while windows is loading?

Thanks for your help,
Daniel

http://www.themexp.org (click on the "How To Install" button up on the top). Look for the "Install a Bootscreen" section of it.

[RoD]

theres a faster/better way to do this, through bootXP.

http://www.bootxp.net/

[Daniel]

Thanks it worked

[unanimous]

If you do it by using a resource hacker on ntoskrnl.exe just make sure to look over what you do very carefully b/c if oy umake a mistake Windows XP will stop loading as soon as it gets to the boot screen.

[Quantrizi]

Originally posted by unanimous
If you do it by using a resource hacker on ntoskrnl.exe just make sure to look over what you do very carefully b/c if oy umake a mistake Windows XP will stop loading as soon as it gets to the boot screen.

Then how would you get back, run in safe mode?

[RoD]

That or last known good config. This is the reason that bootxp's backup line feature is awsome. If a problem arises, you just pick the Windows XP(Backup Line) option on boot and viola.

[unanimous]

Actually once that happens you can't get into Safe Mode b/c ntsokrnl.exe is still loaded and of course doesn't work. The best thing I could think of is using the recovery console off the XP CD, or if you made a backup of ntsokrnl.exe and you have another OS installed, boot into the good OS and replace the current ntsokrnl.exe with the backup.

[RoD]

When mine did that (cuz i toyed with it hehe) i used the "last known good configuration" option to get into windows.

[Quantrizi]

Originally posted by RoD
When mine did that (cuz i toyed with it hehe) i used the "last known good configuration" option to get into windows.

What version (windows) where u in?

[RoD]

XP Pro

[XSquared]

You can also modify your boot.ini file, using the /KERNEL= command to change the default kernel EXE. This is what mine looks like:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional SpecialBoot" /fastdetect /KERNEL=ntosboot.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

EDIT: the default= line is screwed up, and I can't seem to fix it. It should be \WINDOWS.