XP's Logo

[pscowboy]

I have a customer who would like to see the beginning boot-up logo changed.

Before SP1/SP2, the logo used to have the word "Professional" in it.

After SP2, the logo just says just XP (the same for both Home & Pro). She's aware that the screen saver has Professional in it; so she is hoping I can come through for her, and put back the logo with "Professional".

How do I do this? Tinkering and cosmetics are not my bag.

 

[CHEEZball]

I googled "win xp boot up logo" and got some walk throughs, dunno if I'd wanna be playing with those though. Especially on a customer computer.

 

[riser]

Aww. You are a nerd. 😳

 

[riser]

You can change the Windows 2003 and XP startup screens to display any 16-color, 640x480 bitmap image. Simply create the bitmap and save it as boot.bmp in the %systemroot% folder (e.g., C:windows). Then modify the boot.ini file as follows:

** Modify the boot.ini file to be writable: attrib boot.ini -r -s -h
** Add the /bootlogo switch and the /noguiboot switch, as the example below shows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /fastdetect /bootlogo /noguiboot

(If you don't add the /noguiboot switch, the standard Windows 2003 logo will be overlaid on your custom image.)

** Save the file, then reset the boot.ini attributes: attrib boot.ini +r +s +h

If you've never done this before, boot.ini isn't something to mess around with. You've been warned...

I know it's for server but I believe it works the same way. Also, if you add in a /SOS on the end of the loading line, it will disable the splash screen and show a list of drivers loading.

 

[pscowboy]

I've since done a little research on this. The beginning logo is part of ntoskrnl. A file to be carefully reckoned with. (Working with a copy only.)

There are 10 images in ntoskrnl. #1 is the one we all see. #10 is the text overlay "Professional", which used to be part of the boot-up logo.

Why the people who worked on SP2 changed that, I haven't a clue. The businesses and people who shelled out the extra bucks probably deserve to see Professional.

Anyway, it requires a hex editor like Ultra Edit. I just don't know the techniques involved in making the change.

Thank you, riser, for your post. Your method will work fine for putting a completely different image up. But I'm looking to put the text back on the original logo.

 

[Zoron]

The better question is... why does it matter?

It's still Pro when it boots up, so why does it matter if it says Pro or Home on the logo?

 

[_WW_]

Why is a duck?

 

[INeedCache]

I hate snobby customers like that. Worried more about style than substance.

 

[johnjailbait]

big deal if it doesnt say pro on it. if you really want it to then do a search for bootskins and you should find that one as well as some cool ones

 

[pscowboy]

No, they really weren't snobby. Just curious if it were possible without a big hassle. They liked the look of it.