Annoying boot logo

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x3rm · #1 Post by **x3rm** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:10 am

Guys.. I just bought this new thinkpad. the problem is when everytime i boot, this annoying logo appear (at time when Pad ask for pressing Blue Access IBM button). it's not IBM logo. i wanna change that. Im using win XP. Can somebody help me how to do that? at least i can put back something nicer.

egibbs · #2 Post by **egibbs** » Wed May 25, 2005 6:06 am

What does the logo say?

Kenn · #3 Post by **Kenn** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:38 am

You mean the black screen with the pink and blue centrino logo (or yellow and blue Pentium M logo), that appears immediately when you press the power button?

You can actually replace that image by flashing a new one to the BIOS, but there are filesize and type limitations that a lot of people are comfortable messing with. You can search for "bios image" or "logo" on the T-series board for a big thread that explains how to do it and links to the files needed.

x3rm · #4 Post by **x3rm** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:01 am

It's not Centrino logo or IBM logo. I'd be so please if that appear. It's my department logo. Each time ppl see this logo, i kept hearing this >> " OMG careful, he is from THE department" or " hey u r from this department, can you do me a 'small' favor". My job require me to bring this baby around and often had to access internet in public area for reports and for personal use.

BIOS is supervisor password locked. maybe i could give it a try with thrid party soft. I wish it could be easy without flashing BIOS.

selvan777 · #5 Post by **selvan777** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:06 am

No need to flash the bios, try one of these utilities:

BootXP.Net Change your BootScreen In a Snap - News
http://www.bootxp.net/

Stardock: Wincustomize - BootSkin
http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/

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#6 Post by **JaneL** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:42 am

x3rm wrote:It's not Centrino logo or IBM logo. I'd be so please if that appear. It's my department logo. Each time ppl see this logo, i kept hearing this >> " OMG careful, he is from THE department" or " hey u r from this department, can you do me a 'small' favor". My job require me to bring this baby around and often had to access internet in public area for reports and for personal use.

So, is this your machine or your company's machine? I thought your first machine said you bought it. If it's your company's machine with their custom preload, what are their policies about your making changes to the base configuration? If they have strict policies about changing it (and since they have you locked out of, it sounds as if they might), you might want to ask them to change it before making changes to it yourself.

Bob Collins · #7 Post by **Bob Collins** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:52 am

I may be off base here, but is it actually when you boot up? If so, why shut down all the time? Why not Standby or hibernate?

x3rm · #8 Post by **x3rm** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:09 am

ok.. prob solved. BootXP did nice work. My supervisor did ask why the logo changed (i put the centrino logo). i said that this thinkpad is my baby and i wanna treat it like mine. he whacked me with my mousepad but since then he ask me to help him alot with his network system and i gotta learn more about server administration from him. he and me are close fren now. Cool!!!! THANK YOU!!!

x3rm · #9 Post by **x3rm** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:19 am

[quote="Bob Collins"]I may be off base here, but is it actually when you boot up? If so, why shut down all the time? Why not Standby or hibernate?[/quote]

Well sometimes i have to bring it along when im doing field work. I need to reserve the power. often my supervisor need some files/reports immidiately, so i had to use public internet cafe/wireless spot. these spot doesnt sometimes doesnt have power source. standby or hibernate mode for me is only applicable when this notebok is connected to power supply.

selvan777 · #10 Post by **selvan777** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:33 am

So, BootXP did the trick for you, great, I'll have to remember that in case I decide to change mine.

Nolonemo · #11 Post by **Nolonemo** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:58 am

One warning about changing the Windows boot screen -- which can be a lot of fun, I was running a neat Matix theme version on Win2k -- which leads me to my story.

When tried to do an upgrade of Win2k to WinXP (too lazy to do a clean install), I got error messages to the effect that there was corruption or something with Win2k and the upgrade could not proceed. Running repairs didn't help. Somehow I figured out that it was because the boot file (boot.ini?) now contained a pointer to a different boot screen image. When I edited to point to the original Win2k boot screen, the problem went away, and I could upgrade no problem.

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