Vista bootup - what's normal screen? logo?

I've checked and General is "normal" and boot is not ticked...
I get about 15 secs of blackness, 5 secs of progress bar at the bottom,
another 10 secs of blackness and then Vista.

If I tick no gui in boot, I get "aurora" for the whole duration with no
progress bar.

Is this normal?

I haven't modded windows.exe.mui yet... should I?

tia!
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Yes that is what happens. This uses winload.exe for the boot screen. You can
customize this image by using the boot logo generator i am linking here. It's
pretty nifty.

http://www.btinternet.com/~danieldsm...ratorSetup.exe

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:28:01 -0700, coolgamer512 wrote:

> Yes that is what happens. This uses winload.exe for the boot screen. You can
> customize this image by using the boot logo generator i am linking here. It's
> pretty nifty.
>
> http://www.btinternet.com/~danieldsm...ratorSetup.exe

Thanks. I apparently know nothing about changing security levels, because
even as super admin (net ueser ... /active:yes) I am unable to rename the
current winload.exe.mui . Can you give me a clue? I've been successful
changing other things - more of a non-system nature. I am sole user on my
computer and normally log in with my admin logon (not super admin).

tia!
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Kris
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:15:35 -0400, Kris wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:28:01 -0700, coolgamer512 wrote:
>
>> Yes that is what happens. This uses winload.exe for the boot screen. You can
>> customize this image by using the boot logo generator i am linking here. It's
>> pretty nifty.
>>
>> http://www.btinternet.com/~danieldsm...ratorSetup.exe
>
> Thanks. I apparently know nothing about changing security levels, because
> even as super admin (net ueser ... /active:yes) I am unable to rename the
> current winload.exe.mui . Can you give me a clue? I've been successful
> changing other things - more of a non-system nature. I am sole user on my
> computer and normally log in with my admin logon (not super admin).
>
> tia!

Oh duh, got it changed, let me try it.
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| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
| Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

There is a way you can turn on the more colorful boot background. From system properties > startup.


Post Originated from Vista Support Forums

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:47:45 -0700, Jason wrote:

> There is a way you can turn on the more colorful boot background. From system properties > startup.
>
>
> Post Originated from Vista Support Forums

Can you be more specific, please - I don't see it.
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:28:05 -0400, Kris wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:15:35 -0400, Kris wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:28:01 -0700, coolgamer512 wrote:
>>
>>> Yes that is what happens. This uses winload.exe for the boot screen. You can
>>> customize this image by using the boot logo generator i am linking here. It's
>>> pretty nifty.
>>>
>>> http://www.btinternet.com/~danieldsm...ratorSetup.exe
>>
>> Thanks. I apparently know nothing about changing security levels, because
>> even as super admin (net ueser ... /active:yes) I am unable to rename the
>> current winload.exe.mui . Can you give me a clue? I've been successful
>> changing other things - more of a non-system nature. I am sole user on my
>> computer and normally log in with my admin logon (not super admin).
>>
>> tia!
>
> Oh duh, got it changed, let me try it.

Well, in en-US, I renamed the old one, copied in the new one, but I still
get the old aurora one.......
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Kris
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| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
| Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

I do not see it either, but stumbled upon this one:
http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic8406-25-1.aspx .
Gene K
"Kris" <> wrote in message newsu8g2rr46ew2$....
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:47:45 -0700, Jason wrote:
>
>> There is a way you can turn on the more colorful boot background. From
>> system properties &gt; startup.
>>
>>
>> Post Originated from Vista Support Forums
>
> Can you be more specific, please - I don't see it.
> --
> Kris
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> | 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
> | Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:12:21 -0400, Gene K wrote:

> I do not see it either, but stumbled upon this one:
> http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic8406-25-1.aspx .
> Gene K
> "Kris" <> wrote in message newsu8g2rr46ew2$....
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:47:45 -0700, Jason wrote:
>>
>>> There is a way you can turn on the more colorful boot background. From
>>> system properties &gt; startup.
>>>
>>>
>>> Post Originated from Vista Support Forums
>>
>> Can you be more specific, please - I don't see it.
>> --
>> Kris
>> ------------
>> DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310 |
>>| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
>>| Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

a I couldn't figure out how it worked.
b It's for logon screens, not bootup screens...
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:12:21 -0400, Gene K wrote:

> I do not see it either, but stumbled upon this one:
> http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic8406-25-1.aspx .
> Gene K
> "Kris" <> wrote in message newsu8g2rr46ew2$....
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:47:45 -0700, Jason wrote:
>>
>>> There is a way you can turn on the more colorful boot background. From
>>> system properties &gt; startup.
>>>
>>>
>>> Post Originated from Vista Support Forums
>>
>> Can you be more specific, please - I don't see it.
>> --
>> Kris
>> ------------
>> DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310 |
>>| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
>>| Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

However, I should hasten to add - I went back and downloaded a few.
Nice!!! Thanks!!!
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Kris
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| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
| Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1