Changing the boot screen animation in Windows 7 was not an easy task, but now with the release of Windows 7 Boot Updater you can easily customize Windows 7 boot screen. Windows 7 Boot Updater is freeware tool which will allow you to modify the boot screen animation in Windows along with the ability to edit boot screen text as well. The application is still in alpha stage and being developed.
Features;
- Modifies the boot animation
- Modifies the boot text "Starting Windows" and "© Microsoft Corporation"
- Will compile the animation from 105 BMP, PNG, GIF, or TIFF images
- Does not require any other applications
- Automatically backs up the modified winload.exe and bootres.dll
- Can be run as a GUI or command-line program
- Works for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7
Since the application is still in development stage, we suggest you not to try it out on your main installation, it would be best tried on virtual machine.
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Is there a way to change it completely to the vista start?
Mine reverted to a Vista start after a failed boot up. I lost my custom start up and now have the Vista one. Can’t help you anymore than that I’m afraid.