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As this is an XP customise newsgroup, a question on just that...... I've
installed StyleXP to be able to skin WinXP. Whilst looking for themes, etc.,
I found the that there are two other specific areas that seem quite popular
to customise - the boot screen and the logon screen. But the boot screen
involves replacing "ntoskrnl.exe" (due to the boot screen graphics being
embedded within it<?>). By it's name, ntoskrnl.exe is the main NT Operating
System Kernel. So to replace that (being an exe) with something downloaded
off the Internet seems highly risky (to say the least). But there's hundreds
of boot screen replacements. So there must be a demand for them..... So
what's the score?
Could someone create an ntoskrnl.exe file that compromises my machine? Or
is it just a boot loading file that refers to the real core of the OS
somewhere else (which isn't being replaced), so it's safe to do this? Just
how risky is it to replace your boot and login files?
Thanks,
P.
installed StyleXP to be able to skin WinXP. Whilst looking for themes, etc.,
I found the that there are two other specific areas that seem quite popular
to customise - the boot screen and the logon screen. But the boot screen
involves replacing "ntoskrnl.exe" (due to the boot screen graphics being
embedded within it<?>). By it's name, ntoskrnl.exe is the main NT Operating
System Kernel. So to replace that (being an exe) with something downloaded
off the Internet seems highly risky (to say the least). But there's hundreds
of boot screen replacements. So there must be a demand for them..... So
what's the score?
Could someone create an ntoskrnl.exe file that compromises my machine? Or
is it just a boot loading file that refers to the real core of the OS
somewhere else (which isn't being replaced), so it's safe to do this? Just
how risky is it to replace your boot and login files?
Thanks,
P.