Wierd Looking Boot Screen.

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Hey.

Recently i have been experimenting with different customization programs for
windows and just the other day i installed one called "Flyakite".

It was working fine and i had no problems with it, but it got rather
annoying and i uninstalled it. One of the feature of it was that it changed
my boot screen to grey with a little apple mac icon.

Now after a few days of having it uninstalled, the boot screen is still
grey, but the windows boot screen comes up.

The colours are mixed and it looks rather odd.

Also, when i start-up, i get prompted to choose which windows I’d like to
run; Windows XP Home, Windows XP or do a System Recovery.

This is getting to be annoying and i just want my normal boot screen back.
Can anyone assist me on how to fix this problem?

Any help is much appreciated. :)
 
Hi,

Click start/run, type C:\boot.ini and click ok. Click edit/select
all/edit/copy, then open a response to this post. Click in the message text
area and hit ctrl+v to paste the contents, then send it for examination.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hey, here you go:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition (bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons



Thank you for replying. :)
 
Hi,

This part is normal:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition (bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
Click to expand...

Except for that last part, /KERNEL=kernel1.exe, removing it should remove
the logo screen you are seeing. Or you can delete it entirely and leave this
part:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Click to expand...

Which was likely your original boot entry, the customization program wrote a
new boot entry rather than modifying the existing one. This part here:
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
Click to expand...

is the recovery console entry, something I suggest you keep, though you can
change the timeout= line to just 3 so you don't have to wait so long.

To edit this manually (you can't do it from the run prompt like I had you
copy it, you need to remove the read only attribute first), go to the system
applet in the control panel, and on the advanced tab click startup and
recovery settings. Click the edit button to open boot.ini and modify the
entries to look like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Then save the changes before closing, reboot at leisure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org


<snip>
 
I'm still getting the same problem.
Only difference is that the boot options don't show for as long now.

I'd take a picture of it if it'd help, i just don't have my digital camera
right now.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Agito.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

This part is normal:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition (bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
Click to expand...

Except for that last part, /KERNEL=kernel1.exe, removing it should remove
the logo screen you are seeing. Or you can delete it entirely and leave this
part:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Click to expand...

Which was likely your original boot entry, the customization program wrote a
new boot entry rather than modifying the existing one. This part here:
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
Click to expand...

is the recovery console entry, something I suggest you keep, though you can
change the timeout= line to just 3 so you don't have to wait so long.

To edit this manually (you can't do it from the run prompt like I had you
copy it, you need to remove the read only attribute first), go to the system
applet in the control panel, and on the advanced tab click startup and
recovery settings. Click the edit button to open boot.ini and modify the
entries to look like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Then save the changes before closing, reboot at leisure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org


<snip>
Click to expand...
 
Hi,

Which part of the problem are you still getting? The menu or the image?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Agito said:
I'm still getting the same problem.
Only difference is that the boot options don't show for as long now.

I'd take a picture of it if it'd help, i just don't have my digital camera
right now.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Agito.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

This part is normal:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition (bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
Click to expand...

Except for that last part, /KERNEL=kernel1.exe, removing it should remove
the logo screen you are seeing. Or you can delete it entirely and leave
this
part:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Click to expand...

Which was likely your original boot entry, the customization program
wrote a
new boot entry rather than modifying the existing one. This part here:
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
Click to expand...

is the recovery console entry, something I suggest you keep, though you
can
change the timeout= line to just 3 so you don't have to wait so long.

To edit this manually (you can't do it from the run prompt like I had you
copy it, you need to remove the read only attribute first), go to the
system
applet in the control panel, and on the advanced tab click startup and
recovery settings. Click the edit button to open boot.ini and modify the
entries to look like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Then save the changes before closing, reboot at leisure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org


<snip>
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi,

Well the menu still comes up, when it never used to in the past.
And the image is still grey and corrupt looking from the uninstallation of
"FlyAKite".

Its the standard Windows XP loading screen, except the colour is grey and
the images are distorted slightly.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

Which part of the problem are you still getting? The menu or the image?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Agito said:
I'm still getting the same problem.
Only difference is that the boot options don't show for as long now.

I'd take a picture of it if it'd help, i just don't have my digital camera
right now.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Agito.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

This part is normal:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition (bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe

Except for that last part, /KERNEL=kernel1.exe, removing it should remove
the logo screen you are seeing. Or you can delete it entirely and leave
this
part:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Which was likely your original boot entry, the customization program
wrote a
new boot entry rather than modifying the existing one. This part here:

C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

is the recovery console entry, something I suggest you keep, though you
can
change the timeout= line to just 3 so you don't have to wait so long.

To edit this manually (you can't do it from the run prompt like I had you
copy it, you need to remove the read only attribute first), go to the
system
applet in the control panel, and on the advanced tab click startup and
recovery settings. Click the edit button to open boot.ini and modify the
entries to look like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Then save the changes before closing, reboot at leisure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org


<snip>
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi,

1) The menu will come up as long as there is more than one potential
bootable item (the Recovery Console being the other).

2) Switch your background in your userprofile, then switch it back.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Agito said:
Hi,

Well the menu still comes up, when it never used to in the past.
And the image is still grey and corrupt looking from the uninstallation of
"FlyAKite".

Its the standard Windows XP loading screen, except the colour is grey and
the images are distorted slightly.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

Which part of the problem are you still getting? The menu or the image?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Agito said:
I'm still getting the same problem.
Only difference is that the boot options don't show for as long now.

I'd take a picture of it if it'd help, i just don't have my digital
camera
right now.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Agito.

:

Hi,

This part is normal:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home
Edition (bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
/KERNEL=kernel1.exe

Except for that last part, /KERNEL=kernel1.exe, removing it should
remove
the logo screen you are seeing. Or you can delete it entirely and
leave
this
part:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Which was likely your original boot entry, the customization program
wrote a
new boot entry rather than modifying the existing one. This part here:

C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console"
/cmdcons

is the recovery console entry, something I suggest you keep, though
you
can
change the timeout= line to just 3 so you don't have to wait so long.

To edit this manually (you can't do it from the run prompt like I had
you
copy it, you need to remove the read only attribute first), go to the
system
applet in the control panel, and on the advanced tab click startup and
recovery settings. Click the edit button to open boot.ini and modify
the
entries to look like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Then save the changes before closing, reboot at leisure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org


<snip>
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi,

Would it be ok to remove the recovery console option from the boot screen,
as well as the other Windows XP option?

I run a Compaq computer and when i turn it on i usually get a few seconds to
access the recovry console from a Compaq menu.

And also, what background are you talking about?
Where is it located?

Thanks.
 
Hi,

Ok yes, but not recommended. Should you need to use it, the Recovery Console
is handy to have. And, we're only talking about 3 seconds here.

What background? Your desktop background.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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