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Thanks to Mario Prieto for the email... and the update....

The Most Important New Features And Bug Fixes are :-

03/24/2002, Update 1.85c

• The previous revision was uploaded with a bug that make BootXP to hang when applies a NTOSKRNL.EXE File. This bug is now fixed and.

03/23/2002, Update 1.85b

• This update add a new system to custom palette change, This change make it compatible with the new NTOSKRNL.EXE and future updates
• Fixed the bug that displays a incorrect palette at boot time.
• Also may fix a bug submitted by a few users that were experiencing problems with HAL.DLL.

03/17/2002, Update 1.85a

• Added a Installer For Easy Installation.
  
• Fixed a Installation Bug That Can Occurs If You Have Two Installation Of Different Operating Systems But With The Same Name In BOOT.INI.
  
• Again, Rewritten 'First Run' and Uninstall Progress To Fix Some Errors.
  
• Now BootXP Search The BOOT.INI Path Via Windows Registry Fixing The 95% of "BOOT.INI Not Found" Errors.
  
• Also Fixes a Bug In BOOT.INI Generation and Safer Uninstallation Progress.
  
• Added a Feature To Backup The Current BOOT.INI Line Used By BootXP, Useful For Boot With Deafult Boot Screen In Case of Problems.
  
• Added The Option Of Preview/Install Boot Screens Via Drag And Drop.
  
• Added a Option to Turn Off Overlay BMP Addition, Activate It For Get Rid The Overlays "Professional" or "Home Edition" in XP Boot Screens.
  
• New Feature Allows Direct Search of New BMP (http://www.bootxp.net) and EXE Boot Screens (www.themexp.org) In Internet.
  
• Added The Browse, Refresh and Delete Options To Boot Screens Directory.
  
• Another Minor Bug Fixes, Optimizations and Error Handling.

Where are the Windows® Logo in Windows XP® or Windows 2000®
The Boot Screen Logo Are Stored as a Resource in the NTOSKRNL.EXE File, This file is in your WindowsSystem32 directory and it is called at boot by the Windows Kernel when XP/2k starts.

Solution...
Before the creation of BootXP, the only way to change the Boot Screen was to replace this file with another resource hacked NTOSKRNL.EXE containing another Boot Screen.

News source: BootXP
Download: BootXP 1.85c (via CNet Downloads)

In a companywide memo on March 5, 2000, Huang said the firm had won a lucrative contract to supply graphics chips for Microsoft's Xbox game console. Nvidia shares soared in the following days and weeks as rumors of the deal rippled through Wall Street.

In a telephone interview with The Chronicle, Bhagat admitted that he purchased 1,000 shares the following day but said he didn't know about the Microsoft deal, because he opened the e-mail after he purchased the shares.

"Mr. Huang sent an e-mail midnight on Sunday night. . . . Me and my wife had been looking for houses during that time, and the following morning, I was looking at properties online and I also traded stocks at the same time," he said. "It was after lunch I opened the e-mail."

Bhagat, who immigrated to the United States a decade ago from India, said he feels "persecuted by the U.S. government."

"I came to this country and enrolled at the University of Kentucky with $800 in my pocket. I worked delivering newspapers and pizzas putting myself through school. And now this," said Bhagat, who is married to a school teacher and has a 10-month-old son.

He later earned a master's degree in electrical engineering at Stanford University and landed a job at Sun Microsystems, where he remained for about three years before becoming a hardware engineer at Nvidia in January 2000. He remained on paid leave yesterday but figures that he will be fired now that there's a conviction.

"These guys want to ruin my life for 1,000 shares that I bought on speculation, not on insider information," he said. "I'm going to fight hard." Bhagat said he made $48,000 profit from the purchase but ended up spending more than $250,000 to defend himself in the case.

Bhagat said he will appeal the verdict. He spent yesterday afternoon writing an eight-page letter to U.S. District Judge Ronald M. Whyte, appealing his case.

"In early 2000, everybody was trading stocks, and I was, too, and Nvidia happened to be one of the purchases on that day. And here I am, a convicted felon," he said.