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Easy to change XP boot screen with BootSkin

Many friends use StyleXP to replace WindowsXP startup screen, but there are many shortcomings, but there are many simple methods...

At present, everyone is more commonly used to replace Windows XP startup screen. The way is to use StyleXP. But the author found that it has a lot of deficiencies: the software is bulky, and it is relatively difficult to run in low-end PCs. In addition, it is to modify the Windows core file to achieve the purpose of replacing the boot screen, and most of the startup screen files are in 1MB or even 5MB files, which undoubtedly increases the loading time. In the face of these shortcomings, we have reason to pull down Style XP. Shortcoming

comprehensive Style XP, presumably readers certainly very much hope that through simple steps, without affecting the stability of the system, furthermore occupy less system resources replacement tool. After searching by the author, there is really a similar function software that meets the requirements - BootSkin, its size is only 884KB, you can go to Huajun Software Park (http://www.onlinedown.Net/soft/25226.htm
) Download, the software support replacement system is Windows 2000/XP/2003, and even the future Longhorn system, because they are all built on NT technology
, the article title will call them "NT" system".

BootSkin can simulate the animation effect of the progress bar when starting Windows. It does not change any Windows core files when replacing the startup screen, which is very safe.

Replace the startup screen with the BootSkin file

After the software installation is completed, the program shortcut folder in the “Start” menu will open, click the BootSkin shortcut to run the software (as shown in Figure 1). The list shows the startup screen that comes with the software, including the software logo, the software development company logo (that is, the Stardock Blue item, users who have used WindowBlinds, WindowFX software will not be unfamiliar) and so on.

Figure 1

Because only the "TOON Boot 1.5" comes with a progress bar animation effect, readers who like early adopters can also get from http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.ASP ?library=32
Download more cool splash screen files. Most of the files provided by the website are around 7KB to 100KB, which is small enough compared to Style XP. The downloaded files are all suffixed with bootskin. You can double-click to run the BootSkin program. Of course, we can also import the bootskin file by clicking the menu "File→Import from file" in the BootSkin program.

Select a startup screen item in the list, click the “PrevIEw” button to open another window to preview the startup screen effect (as shown in Figure 2), press any key on the keyboard or click in the window The preview window can be closed. If you are satisfied, click the “Apply” button to apply the splash screen. It's very simple!

Figure 2
Do it Myself, make your own splash screen

Do it yourself? Don't worry, in fact, after the software imports the bootskin file, it will generate a new folder (the name is the bootskin file name used in the "Skin" directory of the software installation directory), the bitmap file and the bookskin.ini configuration file contained in the folder. (As shown in Figure 3). Open the bookskin.ini configuration file and study it in a very simple format:

Figure 3 is now very simple to make. Create a new folder, copy a 640 × 480 pixel 16-color bitmap file as a background image and a 22 × 9 pixel bitmap file as a scroll bar image (usually a button), then copy from other Skin folder The bookskin.ini file is opened and saved as described above.

Re-run the software, you can see the splash screen file you just made from the list (Figure 1). We can also package the splash screen we created into a bootskin file upload and release by clicking the menu "File→Export selected skin to file" to save the selected items in the list as bookskin file.

BootSkin
Type=0
Name=“Work Name”
Author=“Author Name”
Description=“Work Introduction”
ProgressBar=Boot.bmp //Scroll bar image path
ProgressBarX=241//scroll bar image X coordinate position, be careful not to exceed 640
ProgressBarY=420//scroll bar image Y coordinate position, be careful not to exceed 480
ProgressBarWidth=200//scroll bar image width, generally take 200
Screen=BackGroup. Bmp //background image path