Animated boot screens for Windows 7?

Is there a way to add your own animated boot screen to Windows 7 startup? I know it was possible to change the picture on older versions, but this was only a static image.

Hi bern

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1) get your own code signing certificate($75)
2) find the program unsigner.zip
3) locate the file bootres.dll
4) using unsigner take the code sign out of the file
5) using reshack extract activity from RC_Data/1 into a wim file
6) mount that wim file with WAIK
7)put what you want into the activity file (105 pics(20pxX20px))
8)unmount the image
9) now put the modified 1 file in in the bootres file into the bootres.dll file using reshack
10 resign the file and test on VMware
John

To the best of my knowledge MS made it non changable sorry to mislead you

The question I have is: Why? The boot screen lasts only a few seconds at maximum.

I like new and interesting looks too, I use a logon screen changer program for my logon / logoff screen, but that's about it.

In all my searches in the past, I never seen an option to have an animated boot screen.

Good Luck in your search though.

On a system using SSD Drives the boot screen lasts something like 1. whatever of a second so not much point in changing it, but have a look Here I have not experimented with this so I cant say if Tuneup will work.

Why climb a mountain? ... Because it's there!

I, too, have searched for such an option but all I found is the ability to change the logon screen.

It seems to be that unicorn that everybody wants to do is create an animation of their own. I have seen it done with the Windows 7 RC's but not the final. There must be a byte that doesn't allow it to happen. MS has said that it would make Windows 7 more vunerable(sp?) to virus attack. This seems to be a trite reason.

It would sure be nice to completely redesign the desktop, but I don't make those rules.

John

Exakerterly!! I'm looking for the "glowing progress bar" that isn't a progress bar, you know, the one you see when you do a fresh install on the (I think) Windows is configuring your set-up screen? Right at the end of set up? I like that more than the dancing ball/flag assembly image, so I'd like to get that into my bootscreen. Just...... BECAUSE!!
Remember, if it ain't broke, fiddle with it until it is!! (I feel a new sig. coming on!!)

Is the background of the bootscreen in the ntoskrnl.exe file? John