Modifying the Windows XP Boot Screen

Every time when I sit in front of my computer I am forced to see the old boring Windows Login Screen. Although I must admit that, the blue moving lines are very attractive at first, after few months it’s become boring for me. Although Microsoft is not providing any built in features or facilities to change Boot Screen but it is still possible .

Changing Boot Screen

The image which we see in Boot is hidden in system file called “ntoskrnl.exe”. This system file is loaded during the system boot and display image that we see while Boot.

The Problems of changing the Boot Screen

If you download a Boot Screen and change it with the older Boot Screen on your computer, After restarting,  you may find an error message. “ C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe” not found or corrupt. This is the most common problem an user find while changing the Boot Screen. Actually the main reason behind this is, user had replaced the System file with the file that doesn’t support the version of Windows XP or in other words , It is not compatible with the version of Windows XP.

Windows XP was released in many  different languages in different part of the world. Each language version XP has different version of code. So, all of these result in many different versions of the Boot Screen file hanging around on the web.

How to safely change your Boot Screen

There are many Boot Screen program available on web. Some of these are Shareware and others are freeware. I had tried all of these but after trying all of these , I got to know that all of these are a completly time waste and headache. The one which I use is STARDOCK. It is easy to install and simple to use and more important it is free. It deals very smooth with system file and does not effect System performance. You can down load this from  “http://www.download.cnet.com/ “.

 

STARDOCK BOOT SKIN

Once you have install this, start it by using the link in start menu under Wincustomize and perform these steps :-

1.       Once you are able to run the application then changing the Boot Screen is very Simple. Just navigate through the list of Boot Screen with the help of scroll button.

2.       Once you find your Boot Screen, just click on it and then click Preview to see the full screen animated preview.

3.       If you like it, click apply. That’s it!

You can also download more boot Screens from “ www.bootskin.com “

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