problem changing bootskin

[neothegod]

i have been trying to make my own version of windowsxp sp3 unattended. i want to change the look and feel of windows xp to make it more like vista. i have been able to change the billboard installation screen using resource hacker but i had no success in changing the bootskin using the boot editor and following the steps as described in msfn unattended tutorial. i have been trying to change the boot skin but the boot editor is not behaving exactly the same way as described in the tutorial. so guys if you know a better and easier way to change the boot skin, please reply as i am losing sleep over this.