Where's Pro's boot screen after SP2?

[Todd Longfellow]

What happened to XP Pro's boot screen, saying Windows XP Professional, that
comes up during the boot process?

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Todd Longfellow wrote:

> What happened to XP Pro's boot screen, saying Windows XP Professional,
> that comes up during the boot process?
Hi

The change is deliberate and by design.

With 4 versions of XP now (Home, Pro, Media Edition, Tablet PC) I
guess they just got tired of having to handle the different startup
screens each time they needed to compile/link a new build of the
OS/Service pack. It takes one more thing out of the test matrix for
all the various builds, since it is now consistent across all
derivatives of Windows XP.

Keeping it simple is a way to save time and money.


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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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[Todd Longfellow]

Hi Torgeir,

Thanks, that explains it. I am wondering though, since it is a graphic
image, it is most likely a file. As such, perhaps it can be preserved and
then renamed after the installation of SP2.

What do you think?

Cheers,
Todd

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> Todd Longfellow wrote:
>
> > What happened to XP Pro's boot screen, saying Windows XP Professional,
> > that comes up during the boot process?
> Hi
>
> The change is deliberate and by design.
>
> With 4 versions of XP now (Home, Pro, Media Edition, Tablet PC) I
> guess they just got tired of having to handle the different startup
> screens each time they needed to compile/link a new build of the
> OS/Service pack. It takes one more thing out of the test matrix for
> all the various builds, since it is now consistent across all
> derivatives of Windows XP.
>
> Keeping it simple is a way to save time and money.
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Todd Longfellow wrote:

> Hi Torgeir,
>
> Thanks, that explains it. I am wondering though, since it is a graphic
> image, it is most likely a file. As such, perhaps it can be preserved and
> then renamed after the installation of SP2.
>
> What do you think?
Hi

No, it is inside a system file that you should not mess with...


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

[Alex Nichol]

"Todd Longfellow" > wrote:

>
>Thanks, that explains it. I am wondering though, since it is a graphic
>image, it is most likely a file. As such, perhaps it can be preserved and
>then renamed after the installation of SP2.

It is not a separate file, but compressed data built into one of the
code files used in boot. So it would need keeping separate versions of
that, keeping updates in line, having extra in the SP2 install to pick
out the right one. . . For no real benefit



--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)