Why was the windows boot screen changed?

Drastik

Drastik

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I have home edition and it use to say windows home edition, with a green loading bar, now it says windows with a blue bar....
Also, the 2001 has been removed too, i dont blaim them for removing it.... i dont see why we have to be reminded of that terrible year....
Thats just my guess...
 
I think it's because SP2 was designed to work on both pro and home, and they didn't want to have to make 2 versions. but i like not having the "home edition" on my screen every fricken time i booted. I don't know why they called it "home edition" anyway, i would have called it "standard edition"
 
If you want a custom boot screen then install Bootskin (http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/).
You can get very funny boot screens like this one:

xp_screen.gif
 
Here you can find 1000 skins: http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=32
But if you want to make a personalized one, you will need to make 3 files for that:
progressbar.bmp (you can take it from another bootskin)
<skinname>.bmp (640 x 480, 16 color)
bootskin.ini

The content of the bootskin.ini could be something like this:
[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = "<skin_name>"
Author = "<your name>"
Description = "<description>"
ProgressBar=progressbar.bmp
ProgressBarX = 495
ProgressBarY = 420
ProgressBarWidth = 110 <you can play around with these values>
Screen=<skinname>.bmp
 
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