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| System Name | celer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Pentium 4 650 3.4GHz 2MB L2 |
| Motherboard | MSI PM8M3-V |
| Cooling | Thermalright SI-128 SE |
| Memory | 2048MB OCZ 2-3-2-5 2T at 200Mhz |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire Radeon R9100 |
| Storage | 250G Samsung 850 PRO (MZ-7KE256BW) - 1024G WD Black (WD1003FZEX) |
| Display(s) | 19' iiyama ProLite E1980SD 1280x1024 75Hz DVI |
| Case | Eurocase moded |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | Enermax 620W Liberty |
| Mouse | Logitech MX510 red |
| Keyboard | eTech PS/2 keyboard |
| Software | Win XP SP3 |
| Benchmark Scores | http://hwbot.org/submission/2455634_ |
Todays I wanted to get some moding Winblows sucess, so I went for something that is simple 
Windows boot screen. Google give me this link: http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-9.html
And they do it so hard. I mean - why not just modify the NTOSKRNL.EXE and do not create NTOSKRN1.EXE and change the boot.ini for it? Much easier and the hack is so easy, that it can't go wrong
So, fire up ResHacker and open NTOSKRNL.EXE in it. Go to the Bitmap and 1, 4, 9 and 12 are 640x480 boot screens. No1 is the normally used one, for most cases.
1 - Windows 2000 boot screen
4 - Windows 2000 server boot screen (copyright 1985 - 1999)
9 - Windows Powered boot screen (?!)
12 - Windows 2000 server boot screen (copyright 1985 - 2000)
These are saved as Windows 4bit (16colors) bitmaps with RLE compression. (Photoshop 6.01 save these bmp files wrong, PaintShop Pro 7.04 works good)
So now you can choose some nice 16 color picture. I wanted to have a bit SM Winblows, so I use this one:
(the few progress indicator dots added for better preview only)
Since the NTOSKRNL.EXE file is 1 712 720 bytes long, one might consider replacing the other images with some smaller versions, to optimize Win boot with a bit smaller file. I did this:
(the few progress indicator dots added for better preview only)
Interesting thing, not mentioned in many (if not all) guides is, however, that the second color in the 16 colors palete is used to draw the progress indicator boxes. So you better choose a bit brighter color there to make them visible well. Even that for the 640x480 in 60Hz is definitively a better choose darker images - less flickering.
I used program called PIXmate from 1986-87 (!) to swap the color to get the second color nicely brighter
Oh, and if you never heard about that program and can't seem to find it, well, it was for AmigaOS and I run it under UAE, as obviously PC suxx in bitmap work, lol
If anyone ever want my orginal BMP images, ready for inserting into the NTOSKRNL.EXE file, there they are:
http://rapidshare.com/files/77718494/win_boot_logo_new.zip
Enjoy!
Windows boot screen. Google give me this link: http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-9.htmlAnd they do it so hard. I mean - why not just modify the NTOSKRNL.EXE and do not create NTOSKRN1.EXE and change the boot.ini for it? Much easier and the hack is so easy, that it can't go wrong
So, fire up ResHacker and open NTOSKRNL.EXE in it. Go to the Bitmap and 1, 4, 9 and 12 are 640x480 boot screens. No1 is the normally used one, for most cases.
1 - Windows 2000 boot screen
4 - Windows 2000 server boot screen (copyright 1985 - 1999)
9 - Windows Powered boot screen (?!)
12 - Windows 2000 server boot screen (copyright 1985 - 2000)
These are saved as Windows 4bit (16colors) bitmaps with RLE compression. (Photoshop 6.01 save these bmp files wrong, PaintShop Pro 7.04 works good)
So now you can choose some nice 16 color picture. I wanted to have a bit SM Winblows, so I use this one:
(the few progress indicator dots added for better preview only)
Since the NTOSKRNL.EXE file is 1 712 720 bytes long, one might consider replacing the other images with some smaller versions, to optimize Win boot with a bit smaller file. I did this:
(the few progress indicator dots added for better preview only)
Interesting thing, not mentioned in many (if not all) guides is, however, that the second color in the 16 colors palete is used to draw the progress indicator boxes. So you better choose a bit brighter color there to make them visible well. Even that for the 640x480 in 60Hz is definitively a better choose darker images - less flickering.
I used program called PIXmate from 1986-87 (!) to swap the color to get the second color nicely brighter
Oh, and if you never heard about that program and can't seem to find it, well, it was for AmigaOS and I run it under UAE, as obviously PC suxx in bitmap work, lol
If anyone ever want my orginal BMP images, ready for inserting into the NTOSKRNL.EXE file, there they are:
http://rapidshare.com/files/77718494/win_boot_logo_new.zip
Enjoy!
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