Start up picture

[Cole]

How do you change the start up picture when windows is
loading up. Some one has chaned it at my work to somthing
that is no suitiable for the workplace. Thanks for the
help

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Cole wrote:
> How do you change the start up picture when windows is
> loading up. Some one has chaned it at my work to somthing
> that is no suitiable for the workplace. Thanks for the
> help

Cole

Open Control panel/User Accounts. Click your account and select Change my
picture. Select a new picture and click the Change Picture button.

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[Lorne Smith]

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" > wrote in message
...
> Cole wrote:
> > How do you change the start up picture when windows is
> > loading up. Some one has chaned it at my work to somthing
> > that is no suitiable for the workplace. Thanks for the
> > help
>
> Cole
>
> Open Control panel/User Accounts. Click your account and select Change my
> picture. Select a new picture and click the Change Picture button.
>
> --
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
Incorrect, the OP is referring to the bootup picture, not the user icon.

To change the bootup picture requires modifying the NTOSKRNL.EXE file and
replacing the image held within. If I were you, I'd tell the user who's
changed their picture to put the original NTOSKRNL file back or copy it over
from another machine. Make sure though that the other machine is running
EXACTLY the same version of XP, including service packs... I would then
also proceed to give that user a bit of a kick in the rear and then remove
all their user privilages :)

Lorne