W2K Start-up screen
This is a discussion about W2K Start-up screen in the Windows Hardware category; Does anyone know if there is a way to change the start-up screen for W2K. If so please attach links or instructions. Thanks. .
Does anyone know if there is a way to change the start-up screen for W2K. If so please attach links or instructions.
Thanks.
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No way. Unlike Win9x, which use a logo.sys file as startup screen, Windows 2000 loads the logo from NTOSKRNL.EXE, so you can't really change the logo at startup.
I think I've read on this board that it can be done if you edit your ntoskrnl.exe
I've edited my BIOS to include a picture on post, and I know there was something a few weeks back on how to edit your start button(without using an external application like tclock).
I know why Ronin wants to do this--and I'm interested in it too...we're both trying to find a way to use the black Windows Codename:Whistler startup...but have it edited to say Windows 2000 (then the version)
I've edited my BIOS to include a picture on post, and I know there was something a few weeks back on how to edit your start button(without using an external application like tclock).
I know why Ronin wants to do this--and I'm interested in it too...we're both trying to find a way to use the black Windows Codename:Whistler startup...but have it edited to say Windows 2000 (then the version)
there was a post about this a while back, do a search for it.
You might use Resource Hacker ( http://rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/) to examine the ntoskrnl.exe file. You'd have to do something about Windows File Protection, though.
Interestingly, the server family logos are in the ntoskrnl.exe file that comes with WinPro. Actually, I guess that makes sense. The two installs must be nearly identical except for configuration. Also, the welcome.exe contains some startup bitmaps.
Regards,
Jim
Interestingly, the server family logos are in the ntoskrnl.exe file that comes with WinPro. Actually, I guess that makes sense. The two installs must be nearly identical except for configuration. Also, the welcome.exe contains some startup bitmaps.
Regards,
Jim
Pro,Server,AS are extremely similar. Just do a Windiff on the CD's. Mostly all the files are the same.
So is anyone going to be "brave" enough to replace the bitmap in ntoskrnl.exe with a homegrown graphic???
