h90 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Would like to put in my own things, should be easy. Google was not my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Control Panel/Sounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Control Panel/Display/Desktop for the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFD Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Friends, the OP is not talking about his Desktop picture or his 'error' noises. He/she wants to change the black Windows XP screen, as well as the enigmatic noise, that occurs when the computer is turned on. I remember this used to be very easy to do in Win98, but I haven't tried it on XP just yet. Anyway, Google seemed to have favoured me over you and I found this link: http://www.ozzu.com/ftopic720.html As I said, I haven't tried it myself, but it looks easy enough. Chok dii! Cheers, BFD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 ALL sounds can be configured in the control panel, including the startup and login sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Traveller Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 To change all windows system sounds Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds Tab Options include Start Windows Windows Logoff & Logon. Windows Explorer Sounds {recycle bin etc.} are found towards the bottom of the list under a separate section. HTH Regards PS If you do Google you will find some Vista like sound sets are now available for XP as well PPS A useful program for exposing these 'hidden' elements within Windows is XPSysPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFD Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 To change all windows system sounds Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds TabOptions include Start Windows Windows Logoff & Logon. Windows Explorer Sounds {recycle bin etc.} are found towards the bottom of the list under a separate section. HTH Regards PS If you do Google you will find some Vista like sound sets are now available for XP as well PPS A useful program for exposing these 'hidden' elements within Windows is XPSysPad Right you are. Sorry, I posted too quickly. All the sounds can be changed there, but the splash screen is a bit more complicated. BFD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Traveller Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Sorry forgot to add the splash screen point. Must get this new brain from Curry's run in... stapling machine... Easiest way, if memory! serves, is Create a BMP (? I think) image and save it as boot.bmp in systemroot, usually c:\windows Then Start -> Run ->MSCONFIG Select Boot.ini Tab Check /NOGUIBOOT Apply Now when you boot the system will display your image. If not you will see the drivers loading, which is what is concealed behind the splash screen. This is simpler then amending .exe files etc. but I did this a long time ago so I'm not 100% sure it will work with XP SP 2 etc. but it is easy to recovery from, simply open MSCONFIG and uncheck /NOGUIBOOT HTH Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Normally the kernel has to be modified, however here are a couple of 'safe' methods to do it (boot screen image) http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/ http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) Sorry forgot to add the splash screen point. Must get this new brain from Curry's run in... stapling machine... Easiest way, if memory! serves, is Create a BMP (? I think) image and save it as boot.bmp in systemroot, usually c:\windows Then Start -> Run ->MSCONFIG Select Boot.ini Tab Check /NOGUIBOOT Apply Now when you boot the system will display your image. If not you will see the drivers loading, which is what is concealed behind the splash screen. This is simpler then amending .exe files etc. but I did this a long time ago so I'm not 100% sure it will work with XP SP 2 etc. but it is easy to recovery from, simply open MSCONFIG and uncheck /NOGUIBOOT HTH Regards I tried that. And I just get a black screen when starting. I love that! But I get a scary window: "You have used the System Config Utilitiy..... For diagnose, blabla switch back to normal...." Another thing, can I also get rid of the login screen, as only I work on the computer so no password necessary? Edited February 13, 2007 by h90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Traveller Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) Sorry forgot to add the splash screen point. Must get this new brain from Curry's run in... stapling machine... Easiest way, if memory! serves, is Create a BMP (? I think) image and save it as boot.bmp in systemroot, usually c:\windows Then Start -> Run ->MSCONFIG Select Boot.ini Tab Check /NOGUIBOOT Apply Now when you boot the system will display your image. If not you will see the drivers loading, which is what is concealed behind the splash screen. This is simpler then amending .exe files etc. but I did this a long time ago so I'm not 100% sure it will work with XP SP 2 etc. but it is easy to recovery from, simply open MSCONFIG and uncheck /NOGUIBOOT HTH Regards I tried that. And I just get a black screen when starting. I love that! But I get a scary window: "You have used the System Config Utilitiy..... For diagnose, blabla switch back to normal...." Another thing, can I also get rid of the login screen, as only I work on the computer so no password necessary? Hi, Came to post that I'd just got an email from a MS friend of mine advising me that the boot.bmp option was closed as a possible security issue, however I'm also advised that there is an undocumented switch /BOOTLOGO. Therefore if you add /BOOTLOGO /NOGUIBOOT in that order to the command in boot.ini the boot.bmp {16 colour only} should appear. The msconfig advisor "prompt" can be switched off, by selecting the 'do not display...' box. MS always nags when a change is made even though in this case all you've turned off is the advert. If you select return to original, then the XP splash will be reloaded. For log on, access user account setup Start -> Control Panel -> User accounts -> change way users log in HTH Regards // edit punctuation & /BOOTLOGO// Edited February 13, 2007 by A_Traveller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Another thing, can I also get rid of the login screen, as only I work on the computer so no password necessary? http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69374& Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solent01 Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) Download "StyleXP" from the net, with this utility you can change splash and logon screens easily, best to use this if you don't know what your doing as to change your splash screen you need to modify the XPKernel as the splash is within this file, if you mess it up you will need to use your XP CD to boot your computer up as the XPKernel is used as part of the bootup sequence. StyleXP mods the Kernel for you via a GUI, and also backs up the changes its made for easy back tracking. Sol Edited February 13, 2007 by solent01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) I really don't think you should be messing with the kernal for such a superfluous thing. It's only something you see for three seconds so why risk messing up your whole operating system? Edited February 13, 2007 by cdnvic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solent01 Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 (edited) Also an important thing to remember........... You can download some good splash screens from the net (1000's of them on 100's of sites), when you tell StyleXP the splash screen you want to use it copies an edited version of XPKernel (over writing your original file after backing it up), however, you need to be absolutely sure that the modified version is compatible, as when you update windows with service packs the kernel is rewritten to that service pack edition ie. SP1 or SP2, so if you change the Kernel with a modified version intended for SP1, but in fact you are running Windows XP with SP2 you will bugger things up....... cdnvic is right, if you don't know what you are doing, its best just to leave things alone. If you mess this process up bad enough you may be left with no option but to format the harddrive and reinstall (seen it happen). Edited February 14, 2007 by solent01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 I really don't think you should be messing with the kernal for such a superfluous thing. It's only something you see for three seconds so why risk messing up your whole operating system? yes I won't do that.... black screen and no sound is already fine :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Just print this out and hold it in front of your screen while the computer boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Which one is you?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Which one is you?? I'm the cute one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Which one is you?? I'm the cute one. I luv both of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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