XP-is-a-CRAP Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Where is the boot screen of Win98 [sE] stored ?Can it be replaced ?There are many cool boot screens for XP available, can I patch such a screen into Win98 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noguru Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Should be logo.sys in c:\ This is a 320 X 400 X 256 colors bitmap (BMP) file with .sys extension. You can edit it in Mspaint. In c:\windows\ you'll find logos.sys. This is the shutdown screen you can edit this one too if you ever see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP-is-a-CRAP Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Thanks. I found C:\WINDOWS\LOGOS.SYS & C:\WINDOWS\LOGOW.SYS .Both are BMP's with wrong extension and pressed horizontally by factor 2.Both are shut-down logos ("Now you can switch your PC off" & "Now Windowsis shutting down"), but there is no LOGO.SYS and no BOOT-UP logo.More hints where to search ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randiroo76073 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I use a prgm called "1st Impression" by Gromada software, it's an older prgm that allows you to change all your boot logos or even have them rotate. Google it to find a download as it's no longer listed at Gromada site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 (edited) logoS.sys = the Shutdown screen'it's now safe to turn off your computer' seldom seen now unless you still have an AT box, this screen is shown when you're supposed to manually switch the off the power button.logoW.sys = the Wait screen'Now Windows is shutting down' or in some cases just 'Please wait'logo.sys (the boot-up logo) is contained inside io.sys, you don't need to find it (don't move/delete io.sys btw)if you place a logo.sys file in the root of the windows drive it will use that instead of the inbuilt one.as you discovered logo.sys is an easily editable 256 color squashed BMP file but logo.sys (and only logo.sys) can also be animated (to an extent, using colorcycling) via hex editing (or certain tools)if you want to have a look at some logos and info, MDGx posts some in this recent threadhth. Edited March 13, 2006 by miko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP-is-a-CRAP Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 Thanks.Created a LOGO.SYS and seems to work. "logo.sys (the boot-up logo) is contained inside io.sys, you don't need to find it (don't move/delete io.sys)"Seems to be compressed. Can I extract or replace it there ??"I use a prgm called "1st Impression" by Gromada software"It also uses a LOGO.SYS file, does not patch IO.SYS.I'll have a look at the additional info.Why is it pressed and 256 colors ?XP logos are 16 colors only, but full 640x480 pixel resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 (edited) logo.sys from io.sys, i think it can be extracted (though i don't know how) i wouldn't bother trying to replace it 'in-file'io.sys is a 16bit file involved in the boot processthe external one is much easier to deal with.i have no idea why it is squshed like that, thou i suspect it's a weird size due to the machine resolutions that may be avaliable at that stage of boot, or it could be a file/memory size limitation for the same reason (the OS hasn't really started up yet)as a plus, the higher colour count than XP means you could take any XP bootup sceen you can find and with a little palette work and resizing (plus possibly some animation work) it will probably look just as good.a proper 256 colour image (with good palette handling) looks better thou. Edited March 13, 2006 by miko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dels Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 find such a software called "Desktop Architect" this is free-shareware (abandoned for long time and no trial days restriction) this software support changing boot logo,sysicon,web view,color scheme,themes,wallpaper,apperance,3D effect (how bevel is it?),etcjust try it and you must be find this is a software that made to replace the standart desktop themes application (found in M$ 98 Plus)made by M$, to search it, just give a google task PS:- works with winme and win2k too (some function are useless in win2k)- one of the xp theme i tried has an effect to create transparent text label on desktop once it applied (this theme maybe include the registry hack)oh yeah dont forget to use win98 revolution made by tihiyhttp://tihiy.ahanix.org/and the features :http://tihiy.ahanix.org/features.htmit give 98 a fresh breath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dels Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 oh yeah dont forget to use win98 revolution made by tihiyhttp://tihiy.ahanix.org/and the features :http://tihiy.ahanix.org/features.htmit give 98 a fresh breath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Another FREEWAREhttp://www.ehuna.org/open95.htmMORE here:http://www.mdgx.com/down.htm#FUNhttp://www.mdgx.com/files/95LOGOS.TXTjaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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