I'm having some problems making the boot screen show up. I used this guide:

http://board.msfn.org/index.php?showtopic=9421

and the pinned guide by bor3d

but neither works. i've tried putting

bootcfg /RAW /A /Kernel=OEMKrnl.exe /ID 1

bootcfg /Timeout 0

bootlogo.cmd and this in winnt.sif:

[GuiRunOnce]

%systemdrive%\install\bootlogo.cmd

(with the cmd in the install folder next to start.cmd)

and i've tried

[GuiRunOnce]bootlogo.cmd

as said in the pinned guide, but neither works. a box pops up and says bootlogo.cmd can't be found.

am i doing something wrong?

i put the oemkrnl.exe in:

\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\System32\

i also tried:

[COMMANDS]"useraccounts.cmd"

"REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg"

bootcfg /RAW /A /Kernel=OEMKrnl.exe /ID 1

bootcfg /Timeout 0

and saved as cmdlines.txt

as described in the guide by gosh.

i still boot with the same old boot screen as b4.

help?

help?

Remove the GuiRunOnce stuff.

Remove these lines from cmdlines.txt:

bootcfg /RAW /A /Kernel=OEMKrnl.exe /ID 1
bootcfg /Timeout 0

Place your bootlogo.cmd in $OEM$

Add this line to cmdlines.txt:

"bootlogo.cmd"

I'm assuming your bootlogo.cmd contains the lines I told you to remove from cmdlines.txt

Remove the GuiRunOnce stuff.

Remove these lines from cmdlines.txt:

bootcfg /RAW /A /Kernel=OEMKrnl.exe /ID 1
bootcfg /Timeout 0

Place your bootlogo.cmd in $OEM$

Add this line to cmdlines.txt:

"bootlogo.cmd"

I'm assuming your bootlogo.cmd contains the lines I told you to remove from cmdlines.txt

oh! quotes! i'm so dumb. i'll try it out. thanks.

one more thing:

Wallpaper:

To change your default wallpapers, simply place the image file which you wish to have as your wallpaper into into $OEM$\$$\Web\Wallpaper - If this directory does not exist, now would be a good time to create it

To actually set your default wallpaper to something different, orther than Microsoft's default grassy hills wallpaper (bliss.bmp), you need to use a little regristry tweak.

Add this to your tweaks.reg file: - Thanks to DaveXP for this tweak

CODE 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General]"BackupWallpaper"="c:\\windows\\web\\wallpaper\\xppaper.jpg"

"Wallpaper"="c:\\windows\\web\\wallpaper\\xppaper.jpg"

Ofcourse you will need to replace "xppaper.jpg" with the actual file name of the wallpaper you wish to use, including its extention.

Note: I am not sure if you can use %systemroot%\\Web\\Wallpaper\\name_of_wallpaper yet, but i will try it out, and update this part of the guide.

i'm guessing those \\ things are only supposed to be 1 \ rite? tried it as the guide said and didn't work

Remove the GuiRunOnce stuff.

Remove these lines from cmdlines.txt:

bootcfg /RAW /A /Kernel=OEMKrnl.exe /ID 1
bootcfg /Timeout 0

Place your bootlogo.cmd in $OEM$

Add this line to cmdlines.txt:

"bootlogo.cmd"

I'm assuming your bootlogo.cmd contains the lines I told you to remove from cmdlines.txt

oh! quotes! i'm so dumb. i'll try it out. thanks.

now it doesn't boot. i see the boot screen, but windows doesn't start

Could be because you have the wrong kernel. Do you have a multi-processor or hyperthreading cpu? If so you need to be using a modified ntkrnlmp.exe.

What version of windows XP are you using? What version is your OEMkrnl.exe?

Could be because you have the wrong kernel. Do you have a multi-processor or hyperthreading cpu? If so you need to be using a modified ntkrnlmp.exe.

What version of windows XP are you using? What version is your OEMkrnl.exe?

i have a hyperthreading (2.4c)

can you tell me where i can get the one i need?

in installed a xp sp2 incorped.

some help please? i'm a noob at this.

@jrzycrim

is that in driver.cab? i think i might have it. after i mod it using resource hack, do i put it back in driver.cab or in the system32 folder?

It's in the I386 directory as well as driver.cab

In my I386 directory, there is ntkrnlmp.exe as well as ntkrnlmp.ex_.

I'm not sure how to mod ntkrnlmp.exe. I'm sure you can use resource hacker.

There are differences between sp1 and sp2 so I can't help you there. I think there's a thread for modding the sp2 kernel.

also, when specifying a path via a .reg file u NEED 2 \\ 1 is for the path & the other magically disappears when imported, its basically so windows knows its a path (someone maybe able 2 explain it better, but u do need 2 \\)

It's in the I386 directory as well as driver.cab

In my I386 directory, there is ntkrnlmp.exe as well as ntkrnlmp.ex_.

I'm not sure how to mod ntkrnlmp.exe. I'm sure you can use resource hacker.

There are differences between sp1 and sp2 so I can't help you there. I think there's a thread for modding the sp2 kernel.

i don't have it in my i386. wth? and i modded the ntkrnlmp.exe. now do i still use the guide and rename it and put it in $$\sytem32? cuz i did that and trying installed in vmware, and it say system32\drivers\ntfs.exe or something is missing. wtf? wat does that have to do with this?

did u MOVE the file? or copy it 2 the $$\System32 folder? :S

did u MOVE the file? or copy it 2 the $$\System32 folder? :S

i opened drive.cab with winrar, and extracted ntkrnlmp.exe to desktop. moded it with resource hacker, saved, renamed to OEMKrnl.exe and copied that into the system32

it says ntfs.sys is missing. wtf?