Windows XP Boot Screens SP1

[Jz1397-5]

Has anyone used a boot screen under SP1? I had problems with it (system would not recover). Tell me how you all did it.

 

[dave holbon]

Please explain what you mean by a "boot screen".

 

[Hipster Doofus]

I have not tried one since sp1. Boot screen = black screen at startup with moving bar going back & forth.

 

[dave holbon]

Originally posted by Jz1397-4
Has anyone used a boot screen under SP1? I had problems with it (system would not recover). Tell me how you all did it.

As far as I can ascertain overriding this screen requires a hack to the XP kernel as it’s loaded in a different mode to any graphics objects. There must be a way of doing it, but I don’t think it’s a good idea for even the experienced user. You can re-compile or send instructions to the XP kernel during boot-up but one simple mistake and it’s dead forever.

 

[Iceman]

U can do it with a proggie called bootxp

you can get it at http://www.bootxp.net/ and it works with sp1

 

[Chief]

You can also do it with the latest verstion of Boot Editor. You can get this one here.

 

[Jz1397-5]

have you used bootxp for your bootup under SP1?

 

[Khayman]

I have, make sure you have the latest version and it works fine