XP-alike startup screen for Windows NT4 SP6

[no1none]

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found a short video

XPalike-NT4 (v1):

Includes startup/shutdown screen (256-colors only) in a n00b-friendly selfinstalling version (just run it)

- that means it will overwrite your existing logo file, so DO backup first if needed.

If you just want to extract logo files manually - use WinRAR or such.

If including in any packages etc. please DO credit as

Created by No1None@gmail.com

Free for personal use only.

Download from HERE

XPalike-NT4v4:

Includes startup/shutdown screens (16 and 256 colors) in a n00b-friendly selfinstalling version (just run it)

- that means it will overwrite your existing logo files, so DO backup first if needed.

If you just want to extract logo files manually - use WinRAR or such.

If including in any packages etc. please DO credit as

Created by No1None@gmail.com

Free for personal use only.

(includes both 16-color and 256-color versions)

Download from HERE

XPalike-NT4v4-silent

Same as above, but in a SILENT installer

(no prompts/nothing - those who may need it knows what it is it)

Download from HERE

NOTE:

To have completely black screen (as on the pics above, without usual greenish background 'underneath' startup screen in NT), you need to edit this registry key:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors]
"Background"="0 0 0"

or you can DOWNLOAD and run THIS registry patch if youre too lazy

Then install startup/shutdown screen.

What is the difference:

This is 800x600 screen WITHOUT registry editing:

This is 800x600 screen WITH registry edited:

HTH.

enjoy

Edited August 30, 2007 by no1none

[CaptainStacks]

Awesome, this is very nice.

[no1none]

Thanks, CaptainStacks

Hey,

I saw your 256 color XP boot screens and am extremely curious on how to make my own! how do you make them and how do you get windows to accept them in 256 color mode?

Thanks!

Regards, Ben

There are 2 of them, 16-color and 256-color version.

If your monitor/videocard settings allow for booting in 256/16bit/24bit/32bit colors, windows display the 256-color boot screen.

If not - it displays the 16-color version by default.

Also:

When you make them, always use appropiate color settings of your software (don't create New Bitmap in Paint as a default 32bit bitmap and save later as 256-clor, it will do horrible color degradation; instead start with new 256-colors biotmap and work with that, you'll see immediately the colors exactly as it will look on your screen).

Lastly - NT4 doesnt 'stretch' the boot screen like 9x did; your bootscreen is always displayed in the center of the screen. thats why I included reg key to have a black background (modify it to any other color matching 'background' of your bootscreen).

Thats all, have phun

Edited August 30, 2007 by no1none

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