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JoeImp
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Posted: 01 Jun 2005 10:07:33 pm    Post subject:
I know you can change what your login screen is, for Windows XP, I've messed around with it a bit. I was curious as to if I could get a .swf to somehow play before the login screen, or some time of animation at all, whatever format, then it would proceed to the login screen. Kind of a weird question, but I have a reason for needing this. Untill someone replies, I'll be googling Smile
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NETWizz
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Posted: 01 Jun 2005 11:55:14 pm    Post subject:
You can change the GINADLL file in the registry under the WinLogon section.

That is the dll file that handles logon events.

On a microsoft network, it is msgina.dll on a novell network you use nwgina.dll...

If you get the right DLL, you can handle login differently.
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JoeImp
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Posted: 02 Jun 2005 08:29:13 pm    Post subject:
Well, I've found a way to do it. I take the .swf, which is my animation that I want as the boot screen, and use a program called swf2avi to extract every frame from it, to seperate files. I then reconstruct all these seperate frames with Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8, and save it as a .gif. Now that I have my .gif, I open up BootXP, and choose the gif as the boot screen. And walaa Smile
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Arcane Wizard
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 04:19:22 am    Post subject:
(flash can save as..gif)
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JoeImp
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 05:46:58 am    Post subject:
With what?
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 10:40:45 am    Post subject:
With google.
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JoeImp
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 10:59:49 am    Post subject:
I don't quite see what you guys are talking about ...

I googled
Found a program to use (swf2avi)
Used two programs
Successfully converted a .swf to a .gif

Now you tell me to google? That's the first thing I did ... and that's how I figured out how to do it ...
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Arcane Wizard
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 12:17:14 pm    Post subject:
Macromedia Flash, the software you use to make flash files, can SAVE AS gif.

File -> save as.. gif -> enter.
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alexrudd
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 01:22:36 pm    Post subject:
Assuming you have Flash, right? If you don't you have to get a third-party program, which is what he did.
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Arcane Wizard
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 04:54:23 pm    Post subject:
The flash movie wasn't homemade?
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JoeImp
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 05:26:56 pm    Post subject:
No, it wasn't. Pulled it off a random site
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 05:37:09 pm    Post subject:
Oh, that makes sense... sorry I misunderstood ya, then.

Still, if you have Macromedia Flash MX you can open it up and save it as gif
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JoeImp
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Posted: 03 Jun 2005 09:39:42 pm    Post subject:
Well I don't Razz
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