My PC Expo-6

There are several ways to approach for changing the boot screen.
1. Displaying a blank screen until boot process gets completed:

To turn off the boot logo, Click

* Start > Run and type MSCONFIG
* On the BOOT.INI tab, check the box next to /NOGUIBOOT and click OK.
*The next time you reboot your computer, you'll see the BIOS screen and then nothing until Windows loads completely.



2. To maintain a more visual boot process, while also eliminating any boot branding, you might simply want to replace the boot image. The easy way to do this is to download a freeware app from WinCustomize called BootSkin.






3. The third option is to edit the operating system file where the boot screen information resides.

* Simply create a 215x147 .bmp file with 16 colors (NOT 16-bit) in any image editor
* Using a black background looks more consistent, but you can use any of the 16
   colors in your palette.
*With your new image created, you need a freeware app called Resource Hacker.
 *Locate ntoskrnl.exe in your Windows > system32 folder. Make a copy
of the file called newntoskrnl.exe

*Make a second copy of the ntoskrnl.exe on your desktop (this is the one you will edit).

*Open ntoskrnl.exe in Resource Hacker. Expand Bitmap > 5 and highlight the 1033 folder.
Right-click the 1033 icon and choose Replace Resource

   

* Click the Open file with new bitmap button and locate the image you created earlier.
Click the Replace button. Save and exit Resource Hacker.
* Reboot into SafeMode and copy your newly created ntoskrnl.exe file into the Windows >
system32 folder.