How to Change the Windows 2000 Boot LogoEssay title: How to Change the Windows 2000 Boot LogoIntroduction StuffWhy post a follow-up article on changing the Win2K boot logo? There are several reasons, with the primary being a result of Service Pack 2. When SP2 was released some changes were made that affected the way Windows File Protection behaved. The registry changes outlined in our earlier article, that would disable Windows File Protection, no longer work after applying Service Pack 2. This follow-up article will address this minor obstacle, and pose a much easier and safer way to change the Win2K Boot Logo whether youre running SP1 or SP2.
Even though we covered this in the first article, we must mention the whole disclaimer thing again.Disclaimer: LittleWhiteDog.Com does NOT accept any responsibility for ANY data loss if you attempt this procedure on your own, or with the assitance of trained professional (such as your children). This information is for educational and informational purposes only! Use at your own risk!
The Tools And The OverviewThe only tools you are going to need to get the job done is Resource Hacker and some kind of image editing tool such as PhotoShop (not free) or Irfanview (free)
Sometimes its easier to understand what youre doing after youve seen the “big picture”. When Windows 2000 boots, a bitmap image is displayed, this image is stored in a file called NTOSKRNL.EXE which is typically found here: C:WINNTSYSTEM32NTOSKRNL.EXE. Notice *I said typcially? When you install Windows 2000 it will ask you which drive and which directory you would like to install – for the duration of this article we are going to assume you chose the default options and installed Win2K onto your C: drive into the default directory WINNT. Back to the “big picture”, the following is a broad overview of the steps well be preforming in this article:
Make a copy of NTOSKRNL.EXE named KERNEL01.EXECreating a .BMP file that is 640×480 with 16 colorsUse Resource Hacker to import the modified bitmap image into KERNEL01.EXEModify the BOOT.INI file, adding an option to choose KERNEL01.EXE instead of NTOSKRNL.EXEBaby StepsWeve looked at the “big picture”, now its time to outline those steps in detail. It might look like a lot of work, but it should only take you about 5 or 10 minutes on your first attempt.
Step 1. Make a copy of C:WINNTSYSTEM32NTOSKRNL.EXE called KERNEL01.EXE and place it in the C:WINNTSYSTEM32 folder.Step 2. Download and unzip Resource Hacker. Once it is unzipped, launch “ResHacker.exe”.Step 3. Click “File”, then “Open”, and browse to the C:WinNTSystem32 directory. Open the file we just created in the first step called KERNEL01.EXEStep 4. On the left-hand side of the screen, double-click on the word “Bitmap” and then the number “1”. Click the icon that reads “1033” and you should see the Windows 2000 boot logo on the right side of the screen. The “Holy Grail” if you will. At this point, you can minimize Resource Hacker while we prepare our new image.
To minimize the amount of space the application can take, please make sure to save “ as a separate file. This will save a lot of space for your program and help it complete its tasks.
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