thx, out of this a new question came up, i just switched my bootscreen using the program called "bootskin" from Stardock. Now after i restarted and had the bootscreen i wanted, i copied the ntoskrnl.exe file to another system to test it, but it seems like the programm bootskin didnt really modify my ntoskrnl.exe. Even when i open the ntoskrnl.exe file with resourcehacker it only shows me the standard stuff there is in the original file, doesnt bootskin modify the ntoskrnl.exe? So here the new question, is there any way to make a ntoskrnl.exe out of the bootscreen i got from the program bootskin? oh and there is the exact same problem with logonstudio and logonui.exe...