oggy123 Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 (edited) 1. open boot.ini in %homedrive% with notepad 2. add /noguiboot /bootlogo at the end of fifth line 3. put your new bootlogo in %systemroot% name it boot.bmp the logo must be 640?480, 4-bit, bmp format reboot and see what happens ^^ Edited June 25, 2005 by oggy123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted June 25, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2005 yup, this is a good tweak. several notes: -if you use the bootlogo switch, you will NOT have the progress bar. if you want to do that, you need to hack ntoskrnl.exe, which is more difficult. -it is important that this bitmap be 16-color/4-bit (the first post is misleading, not 16-bit color). -another way to edit the boot.ini file is to go to system properties > advanced > system startup settings > edit. -it isn't always the last or 5th line. just to be safe, instead of just adding the switch to the line like so: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /bootlogo /noguiboot you should have two lines. the original: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect and the switch: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /bootlogo /noguiboot that way, when you boot up, you'll have a menu, in case your bitmap is screwed up and messes up the system. once you know you can boot with your switch, you can delete the other line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggy123 Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 thanks dreamz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dis Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 i have 2 alternates for booting also: 1. if you want to see what is loading to the system when booting with black background* (so there is nothing in background), just write this line also to the boot.ini file: /sos /noguiboot 2. only with "/sos" will gives another altenate. (blue background) i use the 1. version. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ark Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 So, this has to be either a transperant image or an image with a black background, right? Also, is there anyway to edit the bootscreen/login screen without software? Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leddy Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) The first post describes a way to do it with (extra) software. edit: whoops, i bumped up this age old topic without realising it. Edited January 1, 2006 by Leddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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