dirtwarrior Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Is there an app which automates the 2 process or at least simplifies them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 OK I guess there is not an app for that. Can someone tell me step by step how to edit the boot screen in windows and get it to work in the iso, this would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peteski Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Is there an app which automates the 2 process or at least simplifies them?i would assume that the simplest method would be to put both exes in system32 and then make a batch handler for them then add it to the send to menu or something similar.Can someone tell me step by step how to edit the boot screen in windows and get it to work in the iso, this would be great.varies from version to version, but for 2003 (which i assume you're going for) you need to dump the bitmap contents of ntoskrnl.exe if you have a single core processor or ntkrnlpa.exe if you have a multi core processor.from then you need to add a 16 bit pallet to the image and then you can edit them easily. remove the pallet when done and then replace the existing resources in your applicable nt*.exe file.i'm sure that there are apps available which can simplify the process but i can't remember any off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 Thanks for the info. I have been messing around with windows for a while but never changing the look. It sounds confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 I tried this and it says file not found what am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mau-yong Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Here it is, MSFN's own: Compression BinThis utility allows you to drag and drop any file to it's window and have it run modifype and makecab with the LZX compression at it's highest setting (equivalent to the compression used on the Windows CD) on the file.A Member Contributed Project by jcarle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 Thank you this is great if it works. I tried the compression and it works great. I hope madifype works too. Again thanks for finding it and many thanks to the author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 I edited ntoskrnl at first I got a white screen then it went back to default. Any idea where I went wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mau-yong Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Don't edit directly THE ntoskrnl, leave it intact.make a duplicate copy of the ntoskrnlrename the new copyedit the new copy of ntoskrnlinstruct BOOT.INI to use the new copy of ntoskrnl multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Hacked Logo" /fastdetect /kernel=NEWntoskrnl.exeuse that in boot.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marxo Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Is there a problem with editing the original ntoskrnl.exe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mau-yong Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 From my experience, directly editing the ntoskrnl results in crashing the computer - or reverts to using the original, thereby making your changes useless. Using an alternate kernel is the safer approach, especially in changing the boot logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 I found where I went wrong. The images must be in 16 color. The trouble is when converted to 16 color most boot screen looks terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marxo Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Did u try making it 256-color? Maybe it will work... I don't think that original ones are 16 color... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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