Re: boot screen

Correct - I didn't mean to imply that you can edit Microsoft's boot screen.
You can have it use yours instead of theirs.

Slobodan Brcin (eMVP) wrote:
> kevin,
>
>> WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies
>> logo eh?
>> cool, thank Gordon
>
> Actually no :-(
> To replace this string you would need to hack kernel binaries, and
> that is still illegal :-(
>
> But there is and was different mechanism that is allowed for you to
> use.
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/browse_frm/thread/db3f845f2c07b877/608c77682bf61a69?q=BOOTLOGO&rnum=3#608c77682bf61a69
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/search?group=microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded&q=BOOTLOGO&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group
>
> Regards,
> Slobodan
>
>
>
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>
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> "kevin" <kbodily@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:WZmle.37278$rt1.24326@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Gordon Smith (eMVP) wrote:
>>> kevin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I noticed that when I changed from SP1 to SP2, the boot screen
>>>> changed
>>>> from "XP embedded" to just "XP". I know that I cannot change the
>>>> boot
>>>> screen as per the EULA, but I am wondering if I can replace the SP2
>>>> boot screen with the SP1 boot screen so that it still would say "XP
>>>> embedded"? kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> Actually, the licensing terms changed to allow you to replace the
>>> boot
>>> screen with your own.
>> WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies
>> logo eh?
>> cool, thank Gordon
>>
>>
>>>
>>> As far as the "XP" -vs- "XP Embedded" screen difference, it's my
>>> understanding (and I may be wrong) that it was done to make
>>> localization
>>> easier. "XP" is a language independant name for the OS line. The
>>> word "Embedded" would probably need to be localized per language.

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