boot screen

I noticed that when I changed from SP1 to SP2, the boot screen changed
from "XP embedded" to just "XP". I know that I cannot change the boot
screen as per the EULA, but I am wondering if I can replace the SP2 boot
screen with the SP1 boot screen so that it still would say "XP embedded"?
kevin

kevin wrote:
> I noticed that when I changed from SP1 to SP2, the boot screen changed
> from "XP embedded" to just "XP". I know that I cannot change the boot
> screen as per the EULA, but I am wondering if I can replace the SP2
> boot screen with the SP1 boot screen so that it still would say "XP
> embedded"? kevin

Actually, the licensing terms changed to allow you to replace the boot
screen with your own.

As far as the "XP" -vs- "XP Embedded" screen difference, it's my
understanding (and I may be wrong) that it was done to make localization
easier. "XP" is a language independant name for the OS line. The word
"Embedded" would probably need to be localized per language.

--
Gordon Smith (eMVP)
-- Avnet Applied Computing Solutions

Gordon Smith (eMVP) wrote:
> kevin wrote:
>
>>I noticed that when I changed from SP1 to SP2, the boot screen changed
>>from "XP embedded" to just "XP". I know that I cannot change the boot
>>screen as per the EULA, but I am wondering if I can replace the SP2
>>boot screen with the SP1 boot screen so that it still would say "XP
>>embedded"? kevin
>
>
> Actually, the licensing terms changed to allow you to replace the boot
> screen with your own.
WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies logo eh?
cool, thank Gordon


>
> As far as the "XP" -vs- "XP Embedded" screen difference, it's my
> understanding (and I may be wrong) that it was done to make localization
> easier. "XP" is a language independant name for the OS line. The word
> "Embedded" would probably need to be localized per language.
>

kevin,

> WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies logo eh?
> cool, thank Gordon

Actually no :-(
To replace this string you would need to hack kernel binaries, and that is still illegal :-(

But there is and was different mechanism that is allowed for you to use.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...08c77682bf61a69
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...arch+this+group

Regards,
Slobodan






"kevin" <kbodily@chater.net> wrote in message news:WZmle.37278$rt1.24326@fe04.lga...
> Gordon Smith (eMVP) wrote:
> > kevin wrote:
> >
> >>I noticed that when I changed from SP1 to SP2, the boot screen changed
> >>from "XP embedded" to just "XP". I know that I cannot change the boot
> >>screen as per the EULA, but I am wondering if I can replace the SP2
> >>boot screen with the SP1 boot screen so that it still would say "XP
> >>embedded"? kevin
> >
> >
> > Actually, the licensing terms changed to allow you to replace the boot
> > screen with your own.
> WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies logo eh?
> cool, thank Gordon
>
>
> >
> > As far as the "XP" -vs- "XP Embedded" screen difference, it's my
> > understanding (and I may be wrong) that it was done to make localization
> > easier. "XP" is a language independant name for the OS line. The word
> > "Embedded" would probably need to be localized per language.
> >

Correct - I didn't mean to imply that you can edit Microsoft's boot screen.
You can have it use yours instead of theirs.

Slobodan Brcin (eMVP) wrote:
> kevin,
>
>> WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies
>> logo eh?
>> cool, thank Gordon
>
> Actually no :-(
> To replace this string you would need to hack kernel binaries, and
> that is still illegal :-(
>
> But there is and was different mechanism that is allowed for you to
> use.
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group...08c77682bf61a69
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group...arch+this+group
>
> Regards,
> Slobodan
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "kevin" <kbodily@chater.net> wrote in message
> news:WZmle.37278$rt1.24326@fe04.lga...
>> Gordon Smith (eMVP) wrote:
>>> kevin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I noticed that when I changed from SP1 to SP2, the boot screen
>>>> changed
>>>> from "XP embedded" to just "XP". I know that I cannot change the
>>>> boot
>>>> screen as per the EULA, but I am wondering if I can replace the SP2
>>>> boot screen with the SP1 boot screen so that it still would say "XP
>>>> embedded"? kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> Actually, the licensing terms changed to allow you to replace the
>>> boot
>>> screen with your own.
>> WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies
>> logo eh?
>> cool, thank Gordon
>>
>>
>>>
>>> As far as the "XP" -vs- "XP Embedded" screen difference, it's my
>>> understanding (and I may be wrong) that it was done to make
>>> localization
>>> easier. "XP" is a language independant name for the OS line. The
>>> word "Embedded" would probably need to be localized per language.

--
Gordon Smith (eMVP)
-- Avnet Applied Computing Solutions

Gordon Smith (eMVP) wrote:
> Correct - I didn't mean to imply that you can edit Microsoft's boot screen.
> You can have it use yours instead of theirs.
yeah, that is my intent.
thanks
Gordon/Slobodan
>
> Slobodan Brcin (eMVP) wrote:
>
>>kevin,
>>
>>
>>>WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies
>>>logo eh?
>>>cool, thank Gordon
>>
>>Actually no :-(
>>To replace this string you would need to hack kernel binaries, and
>>that is still illegal :-(
>>
>>But there is and was different mechanism that is allowed for you to
>>use.
>>http://groups-beta.google.com/group...08c77682bf61a69
>>http://groups-beta.google.com/group...arch+this+group
>>
>>Regards,
>>Slobodan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"kevin" <kbodily@chater.net> wrote in message
>>news:WZmle.37278$rt1.24326@fe04.lga...
>>
>>>Gordon Smith (eMVP) wrote:
>>>
>>>>kevin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I noticed that when I changed from SP1 to SP2, the boot screen
>>>>>changed
>>>>>from "XP embedded" to just "XP". I know that I cannot change the
>>>>>boot
>>>>>screen as per the EULA, but I am wondering if I can replace the SP2
>>>>>boot screen with the SP1 boot screen so that it still would say "XP
>>>>>embedded"? kevin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Actually, the licensing terms changed to allow you to replace the
>>>>boot
>>>>screen with your own.
>>>
>>>WOOHOO!....so I can without liability replace it with my companies
>>>logo eh?
>>>cool, thank Gordon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>As far as the "XP" -vs- "XP Embedded" screen difference, it's my
>>>>understanding (and I may be wrong) that it was done to make
>>>>localization
>>>>easier. "XP" is a language independant name for the OS line. The
>>>>word "Embedded" would probably need to be localized per language.
>
>