Sorry for the delay Mario... Mario of FreelancE VIP has updated the excellent utility BootXP to 1.50 RC1.
Changes are :-
- Removed unused code for optimization.
- The Preview Window now supports overlay and Animated Progress Bar.
- The Preview Window also supports Full Screen 640x480 Preview. You'll see your boot screens as if you were booting (Use ALT+ENTER to switch between modes).
- Support For NTOSKRNL.EXE files with full preview.
- Mix your BMP backgrounds with other ovelays and progress to create your own combination.
- And the last but the most important: Support for BMPs and NTOSKRNL.EXE
- Files with optimized palettes. Forget the palette limitation and improve your Boot Screens.
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 1.50 home page
Download: BootXP 1.50 (261kb, 02/10/2002)
NOTE: This version has not been tested under Windows 2000.
