Windows 2000 Boot Screen Progress Bar Modding?

[Mortagen]

Hi,

I'm just wondering if it is possible... and if so how... to modify the windows 2000 progress bar on the boot screen. Can i load in my own custom made .bmp which uses the same 16 color palette as the rest of the boot image?

Thanks!

Regards, Mortagen

[ChrisKuhli]

Hi,

I'm just wondering if it is possible... and if so how... to modify the windows 2000 progress bar on the boot screen. Can i load in my own custom made .bmp which uses the same 16 color palette as the rest of the boot image?

Thanks!

Regards, Mortagen

One way: have a look into my sources

I've done it like that: I took ntoskrnl.exe in the tgtsoft resource hacker. The embedded bitmaps i modified with it and saved in the patching dirs. Now i loaded in the reshacker (the one XPero uses) the files and put them into copies of the orgininal ntoskrnl file to test that. After that i build the patching as needed for my pack. Then i reverted the Kernel file and tried the patch via my pack!

Edited November 25, 2007 by ChrisKuhli

[Mortagen]

I've made a 16 color 640x480 boot image and replaced the original via a res hacker... just need to know how to swap out the old progress bad for a new one i made plus how to reposition the progress bar.

Please help me out

Thanks!

Regards, Mortagen

[ChrisKuhli]

Do you have a sample e.g. from my pack or from the Vistapack? I could upload one but onto my "cX2K" space if you wish...

The image must be a little bit special for Windows 2000 and can't be in the normal format of Windows XP! If you see the original via reshacker extracted you see what i mean!

EDIT: Have a look:

Customized Windows 2000 Bootlogo

Edited November 27, 2007 by ChrisKuhli