Custom Boot Screen kills my installation

[[BM]Crusher]

I am using WPI to give a list of options during install... WPI executes during GUI mode setup and installs RunOnce commands for the requested options... one of my options is a custom boot screen...

RunOnce calls %systemdrive%\install\boot.cmd

@REM Changes the Kernel Boot Logo@echo Changing the Boot Screen@bootcfg /RAW /A /Kernel=kernel1.exe /ID 1@bootcfg /Timeout 1

I have kernel1.exe in my $OEM$\$$\system32 directory

The kernel1.exe I am using is the "Windows XP Pirated Edition" boot screen that comes with Style XP 2.0 (it is an SP1 boot screen)... I enabled it via StyleXP, then checked my boot.ini to find what kernel file it was using, which happened to be kernel1.exe I copied this file from my system32 directory and placed it on my cd $OEM$ path

After the RunOnce commands are installed, if the custom boot screen was selected, windows freezes on the custom boot logo screen.... when i reboot, it goes to the boot screen and never stops flashing (the bar just keeps on going)

[Alanoll]

wierd.....

it could be that the kernel is edited on the fly. Are you testing in VMWare? or the like.

It sounds liek either the Kernel got corrupt or your using the wrong one. There are two for SP1, well technically MANY with different build numbers, but there are two types. Perhaps you're using the wrong one.

And yes, I kno you said you got it from a computer that it did work on.....but still.....

[[BM]Crusher]

i'm using virtual pc 2004 to test it....

a few weeks ago i first started playing around with the custom boot screen, installing it via cmdlines.txt and it was killing the install back then (on a real pc)...

so, that leaves me with the question:

where can i get a boot logo kernel that will work with my version of xp?

i have xp volume license disk, slipstreamed to sp1a, with all critical updates etc...

[Alanoll]

make it yourself? that always seems to work....

look in the customizing thread for more details, and near the endish area.

Be careful though, if you have a Hyperthreaded process, as it requires the Multiprocessor kernal ntkrnlmp.exe (it's renamed to ntoskrnl.exe during installation) or the Single Processor kernel ntoskrnl.exe .

[[BM]Crusher]

I just leeched a few boot screens from themexp.org and found two different version numbers:

5.1.2600.1151

5.1.2600.1106

obviously the newer one is going to work better?

what is the latest version of the ntoskrnl?

[Alanoll]

really doesn't matter what version as long as it's the SP1 kernel. The only difference is that the older one isn't going to have the lastest updates to it.

Mine is 1151 if it really matters for you.

[[BM]Crusher]

i'm testing with a different 1151 kernel now, see if it works any better.. should know in 20 minutes

[jdeboeck]

just a thought... does an intel hyperthreaded processor use the multiprocessor or uniprocessor kernel? I haven't seen one in action yet...

[Alanoll]

multi. that's what mine uses. but the VMware uses an Uni, so I had to take that into account on my CDs.

[cyberdiamond]

It would be good if we could detect this.

And call the correct kernel depending on the processor

Use the same disk no matter what processor multi/Uni

[ZoSTeR]

You could enter

wmic cpu >c:\cpuinfo.txt

at the cmd prompt to get the processor properties or use "find" with it in a batch.

I'm not quite sure which attribute distinguishes a SP from a MP (probably two processor entries ) but it's worth a try.

[[BM]Crusher]

i'm going to look into that

[White Rain]

I tried messing w/ some themes and such and ended up messing up my boot screen

If anyone could link me kernel1.exe so that I could replace the corrupted one that I now have ( using service pack 2 just wanting the normal boot screen that comes w/ it) I'd be greatly appriciative

[Alanoll]

It would be good if we could detect this.

And call the correct kernel depending on the processor

Use the same disk no matter what processor multi/Uni 

FOR /F "tokens=3 delims=  " %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS') DO SET NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=%%A

bootcfg /copy /D "Windows XP Professional" /ID 1
if %NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%==2 goto DUAL
REM ----For Single proc
bootcfg /RAW "/Kernel=OEMKrnl.exe" /A  /ID 2
goto End
:DUAL
REM ----For Multiprocess/Hyperthread proc
bootcfg /RAW "/Kernel=dualKrnl.exe" /A  /ID 2
:End
bootcfg /Timeout 2
bootcfg /Default /ID 2

I've been using a modified form of that since I first wrote it back in October. The only difference being I've used WIHU/XPLODE to get the variable and then just passed it to the batch file.