Startup Logo

[Newbie]

I changed my startup logo on my computer to look like windows xp but the problem is it looks really pixilated. Is there away to correct this?

[Arcane Wizard]

During the boot process there are no graphics drivers loaded. So the bootscreen has to be displayed in VESA mode, and this mode only allows a resolution of 640x480 pixels and 16 colors (4 bit).

So unless the image is 640x480 in size it won't look very good.

So now you know.

[Newbie]

Do you know where an XP shutdown screen that size would be?
Also how do I get rid of the border or change the border color around the picture.

[Arcane Wizard]

There's literally thousands of them..

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=of...+screen&spell=1

[Newbie]

Why is it that windows Xp boot screens have such great graphics? What I meant about the xp shutdown screen is where the original one the right size would be.

[Arcane Wizard]

They don't have great graphics, if anything the creators managed to utilize the pallette to it's full extend.

The shutdown screen's size is probably the same as the bootscreen's size.

[Newbie]

Is there any place you can learn what microsoft did to create there xp boot screen? Sorry I've been wording the shutdown screen question wrong. I mean where can I get a picture of xp original shutdown screen?

[Arcane Wizard]

I think you'll want to read this:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-011

Any actual screens can be made with MS Paint or found with google.

[Newbie]

I need to know where these two things are located in windows xp directories.

Taskbar
USB 2.0 drivers/files (or what ever windows uses to detect flash drives)

I took shell32.dll of my xp and used the icons from that on my win98, but why is it that when I go to change my computer, and the recycle bin they dont change to the icon you've chosen even though it shows the icons you have chosen in properties menu. My Documents actually does change to the xp icon I've chosen.

[NETWizz]

Hi,

You can actually just copy the DLL file containing all of the icons from XP to Win98, but you must rename or store it somewhere different. DO NOT overwrite the Win98 DLL unless you want hell.

As for the Icons. Some of the Icons iin XP are a little bit different in their pixel resolutions than those of 98. Most icons should work though.

As for the boot screen, it is actually a program that microsoft wrote in C or C++. Do not bother replacing it. With 98 you are supposed to see the text fly by on the screen because it is still a DOS based kernel.

If you want XP so bad, why not just install XP? There is nothing you can do to 98 to make it even close to XP. Even if you change its appreance it will still be a Piece of Shit.


You would probably be best doing a clean install of XP!

[Newbie]

Where are the files windows uses to detect USB 2.0 devices? Maybe I could copy them to Win 98 to use to detect and run the attache.

[NETWizz]

USBSTOR.SYS, and it must be loaded as a service!

It will probably never run on 98 being a service and all.

But, here is the regisitry info needed to install it. If you are wondering how I know this, at work I did a little registry fix on our i mage to prevent Widnows XP from loading USB Drives! We have to do this on some computers to keep people from walking out with Data. Those same computers are on a subnet with no access to the Internet, have no floppy drive, and no cd writter.

I believe the hack was setting "Start"=dword:0000000 or something like that.

[Newbie]

Can you step by step tell me how to load it as a service?
Where are logo.sys and logow.sys located on XP?

[Brazucs]

[wrigley]

in XP there are no such thing as a logo.sys, a logow.sys and a logos.sys. The startup logos in XP are located in the file %SystemRoot%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe, and you do not want to mess with file, I repeat you DO NOT want to mess with this file. Luckily mostly you can't either, not unless your in safe mode or something. You can change your XP startup logo with replacement ntoskrnl.exes from www.dr-pepper.de or use BootXP to do the change, get the necessary files from any XP theme site.

Bottom line though winXP bootscreens are incompatible with win9x bootscreens.

second bottom line, don't try to make your win9x be a XP, you won't succeed anyway. Be satisfied with its ups and downs or upgrade to XP.

[Brazucs]

BootXP... THAT'S what I used!

[NETWizz]

I personally would not change it as it is a core Kernel Component of XP!

As for 98, just leave it alone or edit the logo files.


As for loading the registry entry, it is obvious.

You save it as a .reg file and import it into the registry.

As for the USBSTOR.SYS, you read the registry (the hex turns out to be readable text) and put it wherever hte registry indicates it should be.

Still, I don't think it is going to work!

Windows 9x registry is completely different consisting of only 2 Hive Files mounted at 4 points. I am a bit confused how they do it.

Anyway, point is it more than likely doens't have a current control set.

In addition, even if it does the XP registry more than likely accepts data types windows 98 doesn't.

And even if that works, usbstor.sys more than likely won't load on 98. It quite simply is a "Mass Storage DRIVER" Last time I checked 2000/XP drivers are not compatible with Win9x drivers.

To make matters worse, 98 doesn't support services. Their idea of running a service is running a program in an open command prompt window in the forground.

Have fun.

Now, sometimes I think to my self. "Self, why are there 1 million freaken flash memory drivers for windows 9x. Why can't a company just say okay, we will make a driver that works with all our shit and everyone elses too!"


I can only make a few suggestions for you.

If you really want to make a USB Mass Storage Driver work with 98, you will either need to find one on the Internet and compile it, or possibly steal/borrow from ME. Chaces are much better that the USB Mass Storage Driver in ME is compatible with 98.

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Obviously, you are sick of 98 and I can't blame you. However, if you make it look different it will still be 98. If you have a dog and dye its hair orange, it is not going to look or act like an orange cat!

My personal recomendation to you is if you want XP, install XP!

If your computer is old and suckey, Widnows 2000 may be a better choice.
2000 may not look like XP, but deep within it is the same animal. It may not be the same color beast, but at least it is the same type.

Personally, I can't see any reason for anyone useing 2000 to upgrade to XP until Microsoft Drops Support for 2000. Both offer the same Kernel, have all the same services, support mostly the same drivers, run the same programs, and have all items ordered logically the same way. Same registry...

Hell, XP was built off of 2000! I remember Alpha Testing XP. It was actually a a good product even when Alpha testing. I actually have a copy of Whistler somewhere. Anyway the first one was Windows 2000 with 2000 changed to XP in the logo and it had a blue start bar and some skinning. Other than that, it was 100% 2000!

[NETWizz]

I actually still have a Whistler CD :)

I even got it installed on a test system. It is as stable as 2000, has no Windows Product Activation, and if you donwload the Widnows 2000 Updates from the Widnows Catelog it an apparently take most hotfixes!

When I had it, it only came in one Flavor Whistler Pro, which was nearly identical to 2000 Pro.

To make a long story short, it is sort of like XP with 2000 Style Icons and a not quite as polished look. I sort of like it. Oh, and it is rock solid stable. Hell it blows Longhorn away! Longhorn sucks! It is like a really slow XP with a bunch of stupid ideas added to it like a freaken scrolling start menu that can't even open a cascading menu.

Also, you can see that 24xx was the build number where it started looking like XP

Here. http://www.msbetas.net/whistler/2433/per.asp

XP is Build 2600

Here is what it looks like:

[NETWizz]

Hey

Wow there was once XP Server in the 24xx builds.

It looks like Windows 2000 Server repackaged to look like XP. More than likely now WPA!

http://www.msbetas.net/whistler/2465/Scree...5-8-MSBetas.png

[Newbie]

What. Are you saying I could possibly but this on win98SE?
Where is this program available for download?