We are looking to customize our image

[Jason Krause]

Hello,

I have read about creating a custom shell component, but I’m not sure that’s going to be possible.
The application that we run is a fairly complicated client server application. In order to
componentize the application I would have to know: “its exact use of resources such as binary files,
..ini files, dynamic link libraries (DLLs), device drivers, registry keys, ActiveX controls, and COM
registration.” I’m guessing that’s far to difficult a task for such a large application.

I would like to know how I could customize the look of the Desktop, Start Menu, and Splash Screen
however. Do I need a third party program for this?

Thanks,
Jason

 

[Brad Combs]

Hello Jason,

You can do alot to customize Explorer via Group Policy. I would manage this
through the registry rather than trying to get all the group policy UI
working on your image. Here are some ....

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292504

Regarding the Splash Screen you can put a 640x480x16 color bitmap named
boot.bmp in the \Windows directory on your system Then edit the boot.ini
adding /bootlogo to the end of the line with your OS. So something like
this....

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Embedded"
/fastdetect /noguiboot /bootlogo

HTH,
Brad