`Felix` Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Hi all,For sometime now I have been reading all the topics and threads on changing the bootscreen images and colors, however I have had no joy changing the background to white. I extracted a bootscreen by swissboy from a SP1 kernel file and replaced the black on in SP2 kernel and changed the hex for the background to ff ff ff (white). Ok this worked correctly. However the boot screen when it changes to white doesn't show the images correctly. The image is simply and inverted Windows Logo screen.below is what the boot screen should look like But below this is what i get Can someone help me out with some suggestions on what i maybe doing wrong or how i may fix this? I would really appreciate it! I am getting really ticked off now after weeks trying to make this work.Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Why is the background grey? Anyway, simply replacing the background color won't work. Other colors in the palette need to be changed. FF FF FF to 00 00 00 for example.I'll do a quick test here and see if I missed any other issues that may be screwing things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I get broken links to the images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I must of caught them in time if the server they are hosted on is having trouble.Anyway, I tried fiddling with changing the colors around in the default palette. Didn't really work so well. I copied your first image and saved it as a bmp. I used that image in ntoskrnl.exe with the following palette:FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 BC BC BC 00 D2 3E 20 00 01 65 53 00 05 35 B2 00 81 81 81 00 00 92 89 00 FC 7F 5E 00 20 6B F7 00 FF A6 8D 00 04 DC 8E 00 1B BC F3 00 43 43 43 00 03 03 03 00 E8 E8 E8 00That seemed to work pretty good. I think that's going to be your best bet. Also, before you import that image into your kernel, you should change the image palette, not the palette in ntoskrnl mind you, to all black to avoid that initial image flash that comes up just before the image fade-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`Felix` Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Why is the background grey? Anyway, simply replacing the background color won't work. Other colors in the palette need to be changed. FF FF FF to 00 00 00 for example.the screen shot was taken in VMWARE and i didn't wait until it full rendered - but the background does come up white. I have changed the base 00 00 00 to ff ff ff as found here:00 00 00 00 15 1A 20 00 46 46 46 00 D2 3E 2D 00 01 65 53 00 05 35 B2 00 7E 7E 7E 00 00 92 89 00 FC 7F 5E 00 20 6B F7 00 FF A6 8D 00 04 DC 8E 00 1B BC F3 00 BC BC BC 00 FC FC FC FF FF FFChanged to:ff ff ff 00 15 1A 20 00 46 46 46 00 D2 3E 2D 00 01 65 53 00 05 35 B2 00 7E 7E 7E 00 00 92 89 00 FC 7F 5E 00 20 6B F7 00 FF A6 8D 00 04 DC 8E 00 1B BC F3 00 BC BC BC 00 FC FC FC FF FF FFI'll do a quick test here and see if I missed any other issues that may be screwing things up.Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`Felix` Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 I get broken links to the images.Sorry Alanoll - i can't find a problem here - have double checked and the images are showing correctly.Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I also tried Changing FC FC FC to 00 00 00 as well. The text came out black as it should but there was also an ugly black border around the windows logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 jrzycrimi have given up for now fixing my bootup screen.i wish there could be some programming tool that can automaticalymake the whole process of making a bootscreen simpler.like the new tools available for the setup screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`Felix` Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Hi all,Thanks for your help! I have finally found a boot editor that is simple and works - more information here Bootscreen Editor - This is simple and works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 it says it is for sp1 will it work on sp2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`Felix` Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 it says it is for sp1 will it work on sp2?Yes i have tested it on SP2 - works no problem at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 yes it's a nice program, i've only found 1 option missed, how can i change the position of the progress bar? hex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`Felix` Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 yes it's a nice program, i've only found 1 option missed, how can i change the position of the progress bar? hex?Yes you are right and that was the firs thing I also noticed - I have written to the author and suggested that this option be included in the next version. We can cross our fingers and hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 @`Felix` LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 The new Boot Editor allows you to change the progress bar location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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