And that's what I would like to know! Where the hell inside bootres.dll are the words: "windows starting" ???!?!?!As for the writing, that resource is located elsewhere, be it inside bootres.dll, or in some other file. But I'd suspect it's tucked away somewhere inside bootres.dll, but don't know where yet.
I want to get rid off it!!!
I only want the morphing windows logo, in front of a black background! No Text!
Anyone who can figure this out, gets an award from MS!
i have been watching this thread and i am sorry but i have to laugh at how many users do not seem to understand the difference between the bootscreen and the loginscreen. if i were reb i would be a little upset too.
microsoft has since xp been dumbing down the gui to push everyone to do things the same way. this includes making it harder and harder to tweak the os to a users liking. win 7 is great. from the first beta i ran i never looked back, however the major flaw is loosing the ability to do simple tweaks like change the bootscreen.
He asked, so I simply answered. Something wrong with that ?
If you wanna "tweak" your os without even rolling up your sleeves imo is lame and lazy. That way you'll never learn how to actually "tweak" your os. Besides, using restorator is virtually doing the same thing as applying a custom theme. How do you think it got customized ? Don't get me wrong but if you don't wanna do that, just don't. But don't treat hackin an os like it's something degenerate. It's partially thanx to resource hacking that you can apply custom themes in their abundancy. Not to mention it's not hard at all. I don't get the fuss about it, it's easy as can be.
So when you say "most ppl", speak for yourself, cause I have seen enough ppl who do appreciate the help they get.
And please don't treat me like I'm some kind of outcast. At least I'm trying to help.
Ppl want a solution, and I provide it if I can. I gave a solid and usefull solution to this problem. If you don't want to use the solution, then just don't, but then why ask in the first place ?
And resource hacking happens to be the only manageable solution out there to change the bootscreen, so untill some third party app provides it, it's take it or leave it.
i never implied or stated you are a degenerate for wanting to do the hacks yourself, nor did i imply that you were an outcast because you want to do the hacks yourself. all i said is that most people want a neat little app or .reg key to install to achieve the end result. most people are not comfortable playing in their register or hacking a file. i personally do not mind going in the registry and making changes to achieve the changes i want, however i am not comfortable with hacking exe's, dll's, etc. as for hackers in general i have no problems. they tend to get a bad rep because of the few bad apples. if not for hackers a lot of os customization would not be possible.
Oh and let me add that this isnt possible.
No matter how you mod the bootres.dll it will require a digital signature and that disappears as soon as you mod it.. If there is no digital signature then it will just show the old vista bootscreen.. so just give up.
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