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Boot Screens

The simplest and safest way to change a boot screen is to also use a quality third-party application such as Style XP 2.0 from TGTSoft or LogonUIBootRandomizer by UserXP. If you feel comfortable doing it manually though, here are the complete instructions for doing so.

*In Explorer, browse to C:\Windows\System32 and find the file named "ntoskrnl.exe".

*Copy "ntoskrnl.exe" to "ntoskrnl.exe.bak", (COPY not RENAME). This way if anything goes wrong...you will have a backup http://www.themexp.org/how_install.php#.

*Extract the files inside the .zip file you downloaded to a temporary location of your hardrive http://www.themexp.org/how_install.php#, but NOT to C:\Windows\System32.

*Reboot your computer into Safe Mode (hit F8 before the boot screen appears) or into true DOS mode (from a boot disk)

*Browse to where you extracted the files for your new boot screen in Explorer and select the correct file to copy to C:\Windows\System32. If you have SP1 for Windows XP installed use ntoskrnlsp.exe, otherwise use ntoskrnl.exe. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THE CORRECT FILE, OR YOUR SYSTEM WILL LOCK UP ON BOOThttp://www.themexp.org/how_install.php#.

*If using ntoskrnl.exe, copy the file to C:\Windows\System32 overwriting the existing ntoskrnl.exe, (which should have been backed up).

*If you are going to use ntoskrnlsp.exe, delete ntoskrnl.exe in the temporary folder and rename ntoskrnlsp.exe to ntoskrnl.exe. Then copy the file to C:\Windows\System32 overwriting the existing ntoskrnl.exe, (which should have been backed up).

*All done! Reboot your computer as you normally would and enjoy your new boot screen.

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Sorry i have tested on windows xp so far i will try on my vista laptop soo. because i was on my xp computer whilst typing the tutorial.