New boot screen

[aaron_himler]

I'm trying to modify my schools boot screen on windows xp to promote school spirit. When I replace NTOSKRNL.exe with the new boot screen, it wont use the boot screen. Can anyone help?

 

[apj101]

are you sure you have changes the image in ntoskrnl.exe, and that you have replaced the file.
Try hacking the exiting file out with (or just checkeing that the logo is changed) with resource hackers
http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/

 

[aaron_himler]

I used that to do my editing.

 

[apj101]

try editing your boot inin file, to include the bold bits in my example

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional Modified Start Screen" /fastdetect /kernel=ntoskrmd.exe

the rest will prob be there already

 

[aaron_himler]

I'm about to do that, give me one sec.

 

[Rambo]

I'm about to do that, give me one sec.

Did it work?

 

[aaron_himler]

No, but I have a feeling I didn't do something right. Give me one more try.

 

[aaron_himler]

That didn't work either. Can anyone give me a good guide to do this?

 

[† ĘxơřćisŦ †]

"school spirit" lol
that gives me a few ideas

 

[computerhakk]

if you are trying to modify the original one and just reuse it.. you have to use that one program where you have to edit the different layers.. like 3 of them i believe or so... and then you have to resave it and replace the original ones[im not sure how that program works, but save it in a different directory and reboot it into safemode and copy it into the system32 folder overriding the existing one]... but make sure you made a back up of the original one incase anything happens..

if you are trying to replace it with one alredy made.. you have to reboot in safe mode and override the existing one by replacing it with the new one since windows have the protection

 

[aaron_himler]

already done it.