Change the Boot Screen Of Windows XP

         Windows XP has a great look, but after a while, the new look will get old after some day, & its more than few years so obviously its get so old now.With the help of some cool tools and tricks, you can change many parts of windows XP.

           Every time I turn on my computer, I am forced to stare at the boring Windows XP boot screen. Although, I must admit, I found the moving blue bars very amusing at first, after a few months, I became bored and wanted something different. Although changing the boot screen is not a feature that the Windows XP team at Microsoft has built into Windows, doing so is still possible.

 

Changing the boot screen

The image that is displayed during the boot is hidden away in a system file called “ntoskrnl.exe.” This system file is loaded during the system boot and is what displays the boot image and animation. You can get this file using following link.

My Computer>>Local Drive C>>Windows>>system32>>ntoskrnl.exe

Several different boot-screen-changing programs are available on the Web. Some of these programs are shareware and others are freeware.Not all of them have been user-friendly, and some of them have been an out-and-out pain. The one I prefer to use is Boot Skin by Star dock, which also happens to be free. This program is by far the easiest and safest one to use to change the boot screen. Instead of replacing the system file, it just installs a special driver that skins the boot. This arrangement does not impact system performance and is a nice alternative to having to deal with system files.

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Using BootSkin to change your boot screen

Once you have the BootSkin application installed, start it up by using the link in the Start menu and perform the following steps:

1. Once you have the application running, changing the boot screen is very simple. Just navigate through the list of boot screens by using the scrollbar arrows, as shown in Figure .

2. Once you find the boot screen that you like, click the item and then click the Preview button to see a full-screen animated preview of what the boot screen will look like.
3. Click a button on the mouse again to exit the full-screen preview. If you like the boot screen, then click the Apply button. That’s it!

Once you reboot, your new boot screen will be displayed every time. If you would like to change your boot screen back to the default Windows XP boot screen, reopen the BootSkin program and select the default system boot screen from the top of the list; click Apply.

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