Windows XP Start up Screen

Windows stores the splash screen in the file LOGO.SYS. Even though this file has the SYS file extension and is marked as a system file, it's just a bitmap file created in a graphics program like Paint. This means that basically all you have to do toreplace the Windows splash screen is create a new bitmap and save it as LOGO.SYS

Many graphics programs will allow you to use "save as" to convert a graphic to the format you want. Bitmaps (BMPs) are one of the most common formats. You will most likely have to work with the graphic (size and resolution)to get it to look the way you want if you're converting from a JPG, etc.

Good luck....hope this helps.

It's a little harder in XP. Rather than the Logo files used before, XP uses NTOSKRNL.exe. It's a bit complicated to fool with. Here ar a couple of sites yoyu might want to see:

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http://www.themexp.org/

http://www.belchfire.net/modules.php?name=XP_Themes

You may also want to try a 3rd party app like StyleXP. This will allow you to choose from dozens of pre designed logon screen templates also entire themes.

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