Custom Splash boot screen help

my school has asked me to make a splash screen that will boot up when we turn on the computer, is there any simple tutorials on how to do this for windows XP, not using software cause we have to make one custom image to clone on to all the PC's

Hello,

I am more than happy to help with this, however, I don't really understand which splash screen you wish to change. Is this the logon screen, and remember that several stages need pictures in 16 colours, not 16 bit. If it is the boot screen (and I doubt it is), see here for all methods.Change XP Boot Screen

Richard

i need one that is for the bios screen or the loading screen for XP and it needs to be programless

i gota do it by hand cause i need to make a image of the OS with it on it for like 100 computers

Hello,

I see your point about 100 computers, however, that does not necessarily mean programless. For example, for the computers that are the same, the Resource Hacker program will modify ntoskrnl.exe for one computer. You can then roll this new ntoskrnl.exe file into the Windows installer/whatever method you use for deployment(such as network install) before deployment.

For BIOS splash screen, see the very bottom of that link I gave you, its all in there!

Good luck, although remember that this is hacking and may just ruin everything. Also, be particularly careful with the BIOS one, a bad BIOS flash can be quite annoying (although modern computers with Boot Block Sectors should not be too difficult to fix)

Because this functionlity is not built into Windows, you will need to use a program, but programs before deployment are fine. Be careful not to deploy an incompatible ntoskrnl.exe!

Richard

If you are talking about this:

Link: http://www.jakeludington.com/windows_xp/20060219_change_xp_boot_screen.html (from niemiro)


If you are talking about this:

There is a program called... Stardock.com LoginStudio.
Link: Stardock.com - Your Edge In Software