.exe editor?

**nFiniteTuning** · 01-14-2005, 08:42 PM

I tried making a 16bit bmp and editing the boot.ini file liike it says, and it shows up now as this ugly crap lookin blue.

**nFiniteTuning** · 01-14-2005, 08:47 PM

Nevermind, I got it working...but it means I have to have a ****ty 16 color bmp...is there anyway around this and to have like a 16bit or 24bit color image?

**jjh221** · 01-14-2005, 09:48 PM

http://www.belchfire.net/~userxp/indexbe.htm

try this too.

**frodobaggins** · 01-15-2005, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by nFiniteTuning

Nevermind, I got it working...but it means I have to have a ****ty 16 color bmp...is there anyway around this and to have like a 16bit or 24bit color image?

no

**kingtut** · 01-15-2005, 12:35 AM

The reason you can't use more than 16 color is that, windows did not yet load up your video drivers, it is using generic VGA drivers that supports only 16 color. Those are the same drivers you would use when changing video HW, first you would switch to generic vga, take the old card out, drop the new one in, then load the new drivers.

Bottom line, don't lose sleep over it.

**noodles** · 01-15-2005, 03:42 AM

Can we see the image you're trying to use?

**nFiniteTuning** · 01-16-2005, 04:35 AM

yeah... Thats what I want...but by the time its in 16 colors...its just a black and white blob..

**frodobaggins** · 01-16-2005, 05:03 AM

In the proper format.

**Maximus** · 01-16-2005, 07:02 AM

This guide is great: http://www.geocities.com/thejjoelc/XPbootcolors.html
Although the hex-positions are not the same in SP2 as in SP1m
so if you're using SP2, you'll have to use thease values instead:

Hex addresses 75688 to 756C6 contain the screen's palette.
Hex addresses 37344 to 37347, 3912D to 39130, and 391B9 to 391BC contain the first progress bar string (62 01 00 00).
Hex addresses 373C2 to 373C5 and 391AF to 391B2 contain the second progress bar string (6A 01 00 00).

**justintime** · 06-19-2005, 12:06 PM

if BootXP craps out on you (it did that on my carputer) try Inno Logo instead. Worked awesome for me, and supports custom palletes.

http://www.belchfire.net/contentid-24.html