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REPLACING WINDOWS 2000 BOOT SCREEN
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The boot logo works a LOT different from Windows 95/98/ME, you can't simply
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make a bitmap and name it logo.sys for it to work. Its a long process, but
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here we go:
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First thing you need is to get Resource Hacker, which can be found at
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http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/, Install the program and
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open it.
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Using Resource Hacker head to ntoskrnl.exe (located C:\WINNT\System32), open
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it. Go to Bitmap > 1, click Action - Save [Bitmap : 1], save the file to your
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hard drive.
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Open your favorite graphics editor, and modify the boot logo to your liking.
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Now save it, make ABSOLUTELY SURE that the new file is in 16 colors! (16 not
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16-bit) If the file is higher than 16 colors you WILL NOT see your boot screen
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you'll be greeted instead by a nice Black Screen.
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If you need help making the colors into 16 color instead of high color, read
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this paragraph, if not skip. First download Paint Shop Pro 7 (www.jasc.com),
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open your bitmap with the program. Now with the image open:
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- Click Colors > Decrease Color Depth
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- Click 16 Colors
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- Click OK
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- Save the file as a bitmap
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Now, run Resource Hacker again, open ntoskrnl.exe again.
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- Click Action > Replace Bitmap
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- Highlight 1, click Open file with new bitmap
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- Open your new boot logo file
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- Click Replace
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- Click Close
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- Click File - Save As..
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- Save file as kernel2.exe in C:\WINNT\System32
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Now we need to add it to boot options:
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- Click Start > Run.. > type command > click OK
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- type attrib boot.ini -r -a -s -h, press enter
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- now open C:\ through explorer and edit boot.ini using a text editor
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- Copy and Paste the existing "Windows 2000 Professional" entry
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- Change ONE of the "Windows 2000 Professional" entries to your liking
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- after '/fast detect' add '/kernel=kernel2.exe'
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- Click File > Save
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- Click Start, Run.. > type command
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- now type attrib boot.ini +r +a +s +h
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FINALLY, reboot your machine and select the new entry you created when you
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modified boot.ini. Volia! your logo should now appear!
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If you want to use your logo everytime without the boot menu:
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- Right-click on My Computer
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- Click Advanced Tab
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- Highlight the modified entry under 'Default operating system'
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- Uncheck 'Display list of operating systems for'
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- click ok
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- click ok again
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Written by: ParanoidXE (nemesisera@yahoo.com)
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Dated: 05/17/02
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<EFBFBD> paranoidxe 2002-2003
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