How To Change Windows 7 Boot Screen Animation Current Version: Alpha 11 (v0.0.0.11)
Windows 7 Boot Updater is a free portable tool that allows you to change your Windows 7 boot screen animation.
Please Note you should Backup Backup Backup your System before you try this
How to use:
1. Run the tool as adminstartor.
2. Select "Animation" on Winload tab and browse for the folder that contains your boot animation images. "Name of Folder "activity", "Name File in folder "activity.bmp"
3 In Message 1, change "@Microsoft Corporation" text to your liking
4. In Message 2, change "Starting Windows" text to your liking
5. Click Apply
6.Now restart your PC and check if the animation has been changed successfully
Features
Modifies the boot animation, colors, text, and background
Modifies the resume from hibernation screen as well
Will create the animation from 105 BMP, PNG, GIF, or TIFF images or use a single (non-animated) image
Does not require any other applications (like ImageX)
Designed to be idiot-proof by having numerous checks
Automatically backs-up the modified files
Does not require test-signing or no-integrity-checks to be enabled
Works for all versions of Windows 7: any language, any edition, 32-bit or 64-bit, RTM or SP1
Available in English, German, Russian, and Italian (contribute a translation)
Works even if your setup has the hidden "System Reserved" partition
Can be run as a GUI, command-line program, or installer/uninstaller
Changes
Allows changing the background to an image
Can run in different languages and the language can be changed at run-time
Includes translations for German, Russian, and Italian
Reverted it to use only .NET Framework 2.0 and not require MS Visual C 2010 library.
Much faster startup and checking of bootres.dll
Can now create a standalone installer
Improved transparency support
Boot skin files are smaller
Improved update checking
Slightly improved backup system
Smarter default winload and winresume paths using BCD data
Numerous other minor changes and fixes
Todo
Improved BCD device detection
Bootskin sharing system
Allow integration into boot.wim/install.wim
Change animation location, size, frame rate, length, and loop frame
Work with EFI booting
Work with PXE booting
Prerequisites
If you choose to change the animation you will have to make an animation! The animation needs to be a folder containing 105 BMPs, PNGs, GIFs, TIFs, or JPEGs. The files will be played in alphabetical order. If you are numbering them, use the same number of digits for all numbers (e.g. 001, 002, ..., 103, 105). If there are less than 105 frames, the last frame is repeated as needed.
For 'historical' reasons, the animation can also be a folder containing a single BMP called "activity.bmp" that is 200x21000px and called activity.bmp.
Here are the details about the animation:
105 frames
15 frames / sec
First 4 seconds play once then the last 3 seconds play in a loop
Each frame is 200x200px
You can make the animation with any picture-editing software, but the following are recommended:
Jasc Animation Shop (free), to export the animation:
Choose "Edit -> Select All"
Choose "File -> Save Frames As..."
Change "Save as type" to "Portable Network Graphics (*.png)"
Click "Save"
Corel Jasc Animation Shop
Adobe Flash, to export the animation:
Choose "File -> Export -> Export Movie..."
Change "Save as type" to "PNG Sequence (*.png)"
Click "Save"
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere, to export the animation:
Choose "File -> Export -> Media..."
Change "Format" to "PNG"
On the "Video" tab, set width and height to 200, aspect ratio to "Square Pixels (1.0)", and check "Export as sequence"
Click "Export"
Adobe Photoshop, to export the animation:
Choose "File -> Export -> Render Video..."
Select "Image Sequence" and choose "PNG"
Click "Render"
The Animation
If you choose to change the animation you will have to make an animation! The animation can be one long vertical panoramic BMP that is 200x21000px or a folder containing 105 BMPs, PNGs, GIFs, or TIFs. The files will be played in alphabetical order (so if you are numbering them, use the same number of digits for all numbers (e.g. 000, 001, ..., 103, 104). Here are the details about the animation:
* 105 frames
* 15 frames / sec
* First 4 seconds play once then the last 3 seconds play in a loop
* Each frame is 200x200px
New version
Alpha 11 x86 & x64
Old version
Alpha 10 x64
Alpha 10 x86
Big thanks go out to Coder for Life
cheers
xxrazor
Windows 7 Boot Updater is a free portable tool that allows you to change your Windows 7 boot screen animation.
A program that makes it easy to update the Windows 7 boot animation and text. Please tell me if you find any problems or design cool animations!
It requires Microsoft Windows Vista or newer and the Microsoft WIM library. See How to Use for more information.
Some parts of / contributions to the program are released as open-source.
If you wish to understand how this all works you can visit a thread at Seven Forums. Joakim, marcusj0015, and myself (thaimin) hashed out the details there.
Please Note you should Backup Backup Backup your System before you try this
How to use:
1. Run the tool as adminstartor.
2. Select "Animation" on Winload tab and browse for the folder that contains your boot animation images. "Name of Folder "activity", "Name File in folder "activity.bmp"
3 In Message 1, change "@Microsoft Corporation" text to your liking
4. In Message 2, change "Starting Windows" text to your liking
5. Click Apply
6.Now restart your PC and check if the animation has been changed successfully
Features
Modifies the boot animation, colors, text, and background
Modifies the resume from hibernation screen as well
Will create the animation from 105 BMP, PNG, GIF, or TIFF images or use a single (non-animated) image
Does not require any other applications (like ImageX)
Designed to be idiot-proof by having numerous checks
Automatically backs-up the modified files
Does not require test-signing or no-integrity-checks to be enabled
Works for all versions of Windows 7: any language, any edition, 32-bit or 64-bit, RTM or SP1
Available in English, German, Russian, and Italian (contribute a translation)
Works even if your setup has the hidden "System Reserved" partition
Can be run as a GUI, command-line program, or installer/uninstaller
Changes
Allows changing the background to an image
Can run in different languages and the language can be changed at run-time
Includes translations for German, Russian, and Italian
Reverted it to use only .NET Framework 2.0 and not require MS Visual C 2010 library.
Much faster startup and checking of bootres.dll
Can now create a standalone installer
Improved transparency support
Boot skin files are smaller
Improved update checking
Slightly improved backup system
Smarter default winload and winresume paths using BCD data
Numerous other minor changes and fixes
Todo
Improved BCD device detection
Bootskin sharing system
Allow integration into boot.wim/install.wim
Change animation location, size, frame rate, length, and loop frame
Work with EFI booting
Work with PXE booting
Prerequisites
If you choose to change the animation you will have to make an animation! The animation needs to be a folder containing 105 BMPs, PNGs, GIFs, TIFs, or JPEGs. The files will be played in alphabetical order. If you are numbering them, use the same number of digits for all numbers (e.g. 001, 002, ..., 103, 105). If there are less than 105 frames, the last frame is repeated as needed.
For 'historical' reasons, the animation can also be a folder containing a single BMP called "activity.bmp" that is 200x21000px and called activity.bmp.
Here are the details about the animation:
105 frames
15 frames / sec
First 4 seconds play once then the last 3 seconds play in a loop
Each frame is 200x200px
You can make the animation with any picture-editing software, but the following are recommended:
Jasc Animation Shop (free), to export the animation:
Choose "Edit -> Select All"
Choose "File -> Save Frames As..."
Change "Save as type" to "Portable Network Graphics (*.png)"
Click "Save"
Corel Jasc Animation Shop
Adobe Flash, to export the animation:
Choose "File -> Export -> Export Movie..."
Change "Save as type" to "PNG Sequence (*.png)"
Click "Save"
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere, to export the animation:
Choose "File -> Export -> Media..."
Change "Format" to "PNG"
On the "Video" tab, set width and height to 200, aspect ratio to "Square Pixels (1.0)", and check "Export as sequence"
Click "Export"
Adobe Photoshop, to export the animation:
Choose "File -> Export -> Render Video..."
Select "Image Sequence" and choose "PNG"
Click "Render"
The Animation
If you choose to change the animation you will have to make an animation! The animation can be one long vertical panoramic BMP that is 200x21000px or a folder containing 105 BMPs, PNGs, GIFs, or TIFs. The files will be played in alphabetical order (so if you are numbering them, use the same number of digits for all numbers (e.g. 000, 001, ..., 103, 104). Here are the details about the animation:
* 105 frames
* 15 frames / sec
* First 4 seconds play once then the last 3 seconds play in a loop
* Each frame is 200x200px
New version
Alpha 11 x86 & x64
 Download Here... |
Old version
Alpha 10 x64
Download Here... |
Alpha 10 x86
Download Here... |
Big thanks go out to Coder for Life
Code: Select all
http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/cheers
xxrazor
