Change Boot logo

[Erakis]

Hi,

Is there any way to change the boot logo/screen of Windows CE 5 ?
I've done many searh on subject but I did not found anything :(

Regards,

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

There's no such thing in Windows CE, if you mean what I think you mean, a
bitmap displayed while Windows CE itself is loaded and removed when Windows
CE actually starts. If that's what you mean, that's a function of the
bootloader you're using, so we don't know whether yours supports that or
not. If you mean the desktop bitmap displayed after Windows CE starts, you
can certainly change that by adding a suitable bitmap to your operating
system and altering the registry to select that as the desktop wallpaper.

Paul T.

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[Dark Knight]

OEMs can implement such a functionality in bootloaders, such as boot
logo. So I suggest you get in contact with them to figure out the
specifics

Regards,
Vaisakh P S

[resident...@hotmail.com]

Hi
Like you I would like to change the boot logo of windows CE 5.0 .
Did you find anything please ?
Some people think we have to modify the file "splash.bmx" but I don't
know how to do it.

Thank you for your help
billy

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

The answer is still the same. CONTACT THE OEM. This is not a CE feature,
but a bootloader feature, and how it's done changes from vendor to vendor.

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[Bruce Eitman [eMVP]]

It is a splash screen, which might help you search better.

http://geekswithblogs.net/BruceEitman/archive/2008/05/14/windows-ce-bootloader-splash-screen.aspx

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[Mekas]

Hi,

The following are the steps to replace the wince progress bar logo with your
logo

1. Use the Bincompress tool to compress or decompress a BMP image.

Windows CE 6.0 Platform Builder tool ships with a command line tool
calledbincompress that gives you the ability to compress/decompress bitmap
files to/from the bmx format.

Here's how the command line looks...
C:\WINCE600\PUBLIC\COMMON\OAK\BIN\I386>bincompress Compresses/Decompresses
BIN images to be used with BIOS loader

Usage: bincompress /C|/D infile outfile

/C compresses <infile> and writes the results to <outfile>

/D decompressed <infile> and writes the results to <outfile>

So, you could use bincompress to decompress the existing splash.bmx filelike
so...

C:\WINCE600\PUBLIC\COMMON\OAK\BIN\I386>bincompress /d
C:\WINCE600\PLATFORM\CEPC\SRC\BOOTLOADER\BIOSLOADER\DISKIMAGES\BOOTDISK\splash.bmx foo.bmp
Decompressing : 100%
Input file size : 4582 bytes
Output file size: 10678 bytes
and here's the output file "foo.bmp"

2. Open that decompressed bmp file with Mspaint and put your logo there and
save it and compress it.

3. If u try with any other image with the same pixels, it wont work. Dont
know why??

4. So u have to use the winCE provided splash.bmx to use your logo.

Regards,
Mekas

[mmjef]

Hello Mekas.
Thanks for your completely description.
I decompressed the splash.bmx file that exist in my platform directory but there is difference between it and what my embedded board(sbc2440) shows at start up time.I mean is that the splash.bmx isn't what that is displaied as a logo at start up time.

Regards,
Jef.

Meka wrote:

Hi,The following are the steps to replace the wince progress bar logo with
06-Oct-08

Hi,

Regards,
Mekas

"Bruce Eitman [eMVP]" wrote:

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:19 PM
Eraki wrote:

Change Boot logo
Hi,

Is there any way to change the boot logo/screen of Windows CE 5 ?

I have done many searh on subject but I did not found anything :(

Regards,

On Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:31 PM

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:

There's no such thing in Windows CE, if you mean what I think you mean, a
There's no such thing in Windows CE, if you mean what I think you mean, a
bitmap displayed while Windows CE itself is loaded and removed when Windows
CE actually starts. If that's what you mean, that's a function of the
bootloader you're using, so we don't know whether yours supports that or
not. If you mean the desktop bitmap displayed after Windows CE starts, you
can certainly change that by adding a suitable bitmap to your operating
system and altering the registry to select that as the desktop wallpaper.

Paul T.

"Erakis" <Era...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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On Friday, September 26, 2008 8:51 AM
Chris Tacke, eMVP wrote:

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On Friday, September 26, 2008 2:21 PM
Bruce Eitman [eMVP] wrote:

It is a splash screen, which might help you search better.
It is a splash screen, which might help you search better.

http://geekswithblogs.net/BruceEitman/archive/2008/05/14/windows-ce-bootloader-splash-screen.aspx

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Senior Engineer
Bruce.Eitman AT EuroTech DOT com
My BLOG http://geekswithblogs.net/bruceeitman

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"Erakis" <Era...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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On Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:20 AM
Dark Knight wrote:

Regards,
Vaisakh P S

On Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:20 AM
resident007billy wrote:

Re: Change Boot logo

On Sep 26, 12:19=A0am, Erakis <Era...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Hi
Like you I would like to change the boot logo of windows CE 5.0 .
Did you find anything please ?
Some people think we have to modify the file "splash.bmx" but I don't
know how to do it.

Thank you for your help
billy

On Monday, October 06, 2008 2:04 AM
Meka wrote:

Hi,The following are the steps to replace the wince progress bar logo with
Hi,

Regards,
Mekas

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[Bruce Eitman [eMVP]]

Since this is an app development newsgroup, should we assume that you are
using an off the shelf device?

There is no standard Windows CE bootloader splash screen, so the answers to
you questions are going to come from your vendor or you bootloader source.

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