Windows Vista Plain Splash Screen

Ever since I've started using Windows Vista RC1 build 5600, the splash
screen during startup that is shown displays no logo, only the progressbar
(which I liked better on the XP startup, but anyway) that scrolls around,
with a short copyright notice on the bottom. I haven't seen Vista on any
other computer, but I'm assuming there hasn't been one made yet. Whatever
the reason for not supplying this, I would really like to have a nicer
splash screen at startup.
I think I recall for Windows XP you had to patch a system file to change the
startup screen. Is it stored as a single file anywhere, or is the splash
screen stored as a resource in some system dll? If so, is it digitally
signed, and can I change it..?

Basically, is there any way to change this screen to be a little 'nicer'? I
just want to see something when it's loading, that's all. If it involves
more than simply changing a file or resources of a file, then it's probably
not worth doing yet.

Thanks for any information in advance,
- Aaron Lindsay

I'm sure this will change for launch and it will probably be hackable at
some point but really why worry about it? It's there for such a short time
and that time is usually when you go grab a cup of coffee or a beer :-)



"Aaron Lindsay" <AirHead3.0@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eb8zH3PAHHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Ever since I've started using Windows Vista RC1 build 5600, the splash
> screen during startup that is shown displays no logo, only the progressbar
> (which I liked better on the XP startup, but anyway) that scrolls around,
> with a short copyright notice on the bottom. I haven't seen Vista on any
> other computer, but I'm assuming there hasn't been one made yet. Whatever
> the reason for not supplying this, I would really like to have a nicer
> splash screen at startup.
> I think I recall for Windows XP you had to patch a system file to change
> the
> startup screen. Is it stored as a single file anywhere, or is the splash
> screen stored as a resource in some system dll? If so, is it digitally
> signed, and can I change it..?
>
> Basically, is there any way to change this screen to be a little 'nicer'?
> I
> just want to see something when it's loading, that's all. If it involves
> more than simply changing a file or resources of a file, then it's
> probably
> not worth doing yet.
>
> Thanks for any information in advance,
> - Aaron Lindsay
>