Solved Beta Fish of Windows 8 build 7989

[vrosa]

Does anyone know where I can find the fish image.
I looked for it in the file NTOSKRNL.exe with ResHach but found nothing.
I want to port it to Windows 7 or 8 DP (if possible).

IDEAS ?

 

[DMHolt57]

Here is the image...

 

[vrosa]

But is it possible to insert it into the other builds boot files ?

 

[vrosa]

As far as I see it isnt possible with Win2k3. Let me try with DP now.

 

[DMHolt57]

The boot image is a different story entirely...consists of a .bmp with 35 frames....

 

[vrosa]

So in theory it's possible to edit/replace the bitmaps ? In what file are they located ?

 

[DMHolt57]

It is a bitmap File. The file is extracted by locating the c:\windows\system\bootres.dll file and opening it an application capable of opening executables as resources. Once it is open, you must export the Data type resource with the ID of 1. The data contained in this will be binary and data starts with MSWIM. Export it to bootres_0001.wim. It will be 2,208,148 bytes in size. This is an Windows Imaging Format file you need ImageX to open the archive.

 

[vrosa]

Thanks for clarifying

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Sadly ResHacker doesnt show any resource in bootres.dll

 

[vrosa]

That's what i see with ResEdit.

View attachment 2868

 

[vrosa]

ResEdit doesnt allow me to export the data and Resource Tuner doesnt open x64 files.

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WinHEX opens the file but i couldnt find a way to export the data

 

[vrosa]

I found a light.

http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/106861-how-change-boot-animation-windows-7-a.html

 

[DMHolt57]

Look at this... How to Change Windows 7 Boot Screen Using Windows 7 Boot Updater - Tweaking with Vishal

 

[vrosa]

Very good tutorial indeed, but what anoys me is that when I open bootres.dll in ResHack I dont see any resource to export

View attachment 2871

 

[vrosa]

I got it working with Windows 7 boot updater.

Thanks for the link

 

[vrosa]

My first try
View attachment 2872

 

[vrosa]

Is there a way to do that with Windows 8 DP ?

 

[DMHolt57]

Yes, look at the same site for instructions...

 

[Nomar]

That fish is indeed nice. I came across a lot of windows 8 logo's recently (unofficial), will try to post some next few days if someone is interested.

 

[vrosa]

On Windows DP it's even easier. Just replace the file c:\boot\resources\bootres.dll by the 7989 one. Works !