Kirs

@ LeGendxp: Well... I tried... 16 colors isn't much to work with lol... So I ended up with this:

You can use the LBS patcher to easily change it
Here you can download the bitmaps (extract with 7zip).
Otherwise you'll have to hexedit each of the 4 kernels with the colorpallet of the .bmp's yourself and add the .bmp's (background + progress bar) to all of the kernels in your XP CD Source. Two kernels in the I386 folder and four in the Driver.cab file.
Hope you like,
Kirs

Live Bootscreen Patcher v2.4

(Date: 09-Sept-'09)


MD5b9fda6fe272aad3c3c7d0ad85ca964cc
Size:1,85MB



~ Screenshots~




Requirements:
~ Windows XP (x86) only (All Bootscreens are tested on an up-to-date SP3 XP Pro)
~ Languages: all
Containing:
~ Green, Blue, Red, and Purple Vista-like bootscreens.
~ The ability to patch your kernel with a custom bootscreen
~ The ability to patch your kernel in a XP-CD Source with a custom bootscreen
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Sample:TV-Test screen v1.2
Custom "bootscreen": By Kirs
More Bootscreens Here
Bootscreen requests can be made in this topic, perhaps we can realize them.
How-to make your own bootscreen:


To make a custom bootscreen, you'll need an imaging program which can index .bmp's to 4bit (16 colors).
For example you can use "Gimp" (Freeware). Since we used this software, the rest of this tutorial and the steps described below are based on Gimp.



First, you'll need two sample bitmaps (background & progress bar) which you can later modify. These .bmp files can be obtained by clicking on the "Get BMP's" button in the LBS Patcher or through an sample .lbs file (extract with eg. 7-Zip). You can save them anywhere you like. Now, open the .bmp files in Gimp and open the color map (Windows > Dockable dialogs, also see the screenshot below). If you like you can change the colors in the pallet a bit, but you can not add colors. 16 is the maximum! Also the first color has to be black (value: 000000). After modifying, you'll have to save the two files. Save the background image as 'BG.bmp' and the progress bar image as 'PB.bmp'. If you have multiple layers, please merge them when saving to keep the correct color pallet. The BG.bmp should have a resolution of 640x480. Go to the location where you saved the images and zip the BG.bmp and PB.bmp files together. You can name this file whatever you like, as long as it has this composition: "anyname_boot.zip". (You can zip, rar or 7z the 2 bitmap's and even rename it to"anyname_boot.lbs" if you like, but all will work "anyname_boot.zip, rar,7z")


Now you can select "Custom Bootscreen" in the patcher and locate your "anyname_boot.zip" file!!


Screenshot: Gimp
Change log:
~ v2.1
auto-change the colors from the 4bit pallet in the kernel to the 4bit color pallet used in the bitmap.
redone all bootscreen bitmaps and hex edited them to make them visible.
added red and purple XPtsp bootscreens
added preview popup window (tnx Dougiefresh)
new way to use custom bootscreens via zipped bitmaps from any provided location.
added checks to make sure correct bitmaps are being used.
added a get sample button.
multi lang support.
~ v2.2
The ability to patch your kernel in a XP-CD Source with a custom bootscreen
Added some skins
Some minor error fixes
~ v2.3
Fixed bootscreen fade-in at XP start
Major patching speedup
added a button to check for update/bootscreens (navigates to the default browser)
repairs a bug from v2.2
minor script fixes and updates
~v2.4
updated the uninstaller
new setup installer (inno setup)
added checks for kernel Update's or Downgrades (to make a new backup)


~ Todo:
auto detect xp language.
add more bootscreen files to the patcher.
add more languages.
change the colors from the 4bit pallet in the kernel to the 4bit color pallet used in the bitmap.
(ability to move progress bar up or down.)
GUI Updates/ideas.
GUI support: Dougiefresh
GUI Graphix: Kirs
GUI: Mr.Fixit
Gr
Fixit

Found this and thought I'd share it with you
It's a freeware version of a fake Guiter Hero for the PC.
You can download and add songs, or make them yourself.
You can find it here

Enjoy!
:welcome:

Hi!
Here are some custom bootscreens I made from images I found, hope you'll enjoy them.
To see a bigger version of them, just click on the images. The download links are below.





Download Simpsons Z_boot
Download Lamborghini_boot
Download Bart Simpson_boot
Download Yoda_boot
Download Goku_boot
Download horse_boot
More bootscreens can be found here
Greetz!

Hi!
Here are some custom bootscreens I made from images I found, hope you'll enjoy them.
To see a bigger version of them, just click on the images. The download links are below.





Download Simpsons Z_boot
Download Lamborghini_boot
Download Bart Simpson_boot
Download Yoda_boot
Download Goku_boot
Download horse_boot
More bootscreens can be found here
Greetz!