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    Windows 7 Alienware splash screens

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by thechase123, Jun 22, 2011.

  1. thechase123

    thechase123 Newbie

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    Hi guys, this forum has given me so much in the past, figured it's about time I give something back. So I was trying out the breed theme with alienguise yesterday and even though I wasn't keen on it (deleted after 2 mins) I did like that little animation that came up when you apply the theme, figured that would make a great splash screen, so messed around last night and came up with this.

    First things first, I am in no way responsible if this goes wrong, if you don't want to try it, move on. I've had no problems using win7bootupdater and have applied loads of splash screens, I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit it's been tested on this, I haven't tried it on any other version but can't see there being a problem. Ok so here goes.

    Changes in v1.1
    1. No jagged edges on alienhead
    2. Text slightly clearer
    3. Alienhead slightly wider (looked at alienhead on my lid and realised)

    Comparison
    [​IMG]

    Previews are from 1.0 will update at some point
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    Green
    [​IMG]

    Blue
    [​IMG]

    Red
    [​IMG]

    Actually there are six colors blue, green, purple, red, white & yellow but only made previews for three.

    To install. pick up win7bootupdater from
    Coder for Life - Project - Windows 7 Boot Updater <-----

    Pick up the splash screens v1.0 from
    awsplash.rar <-----

    Pick up the splash screens v1.1 from
    awsplash 1.1.rar <-----

    Then
    1. Start win7bootupdater.exe
    2. Under animation > Drop down list > Select "Animation"
    3. Browse to whatever color splash you want folder
    4. click "select folder"
    5. If you don't want any windows text on splash screen go to "count" drop down menu and choose "none"
    6. Click "apply" and you should see " Successfully updated the boot animation and text!"
    7. Restart and test it out.

    Hope you enjoy it.
     

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  2. inap

    inap .........................

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    Wow this is awesome. +rep
    Not on my laptop atm but will test soon. Thanks
     
    inap, Jun 22, 2011
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  3. dredd1893

    dredd1893 Notebook Consultant

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    will try as soon as I get win 7 repair disc ready.. thanks for sharing.
     
    dredd1893, Jun 22, 2011
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  4. thechase123

    thechase123 Newbie

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    You're welcome, those were my first try, will make some better quality ones and upload here as soon as they're ready
     
    thechase123, Jun 22, 2011
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  5. JAD85

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    Just tried this on my M17x R3, works great. Its a shame alienware did not implement something like this. Thanks for cooking this up for us!
     
    JAD85, Jun 22, 2011
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  6. GetFound

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    Just realized I have to select the folder, not the bmp...
     
    GetFound, Jun 22, 2011
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  7. jt-3

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    Plus rep for you, man. This is awesome!

    Can't wait until you post the "better quality" animations. The ones you posted were pretty sweet already!
     
    jt-3, Jun 22, 2011
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  8. GetFound

    GetFound Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes sir, nice work!
     
    GetFound, Jun 22, 2011
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    Will try later, thanks for the info and for sharing + rep :D
     
    eldub0844, Jun 22, 2011
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  10. Goethe

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    You just made my M11x, 7.25% more cooler than it already is, awesome splash screen for an awesome machine.
     
    Goethe, Jun 22, 2011
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  11. Ghost_AWP

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    +1. Just installed. Now all I need is the computer to say "Alienware" while it boots using the Resident Evil voice from the intro to the game. That would be AWESOME!
     
    Ghost_AWP, Jun 22, 2011
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  12. thechase123

    thechase123 Newbie

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    As promised v1.1 is up
     
    thechase123, Jun 22, 2011
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  13. Goethe

    Goethe Notebook Guru

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    That's great!
     
    Goethe, Jun 23, 2011
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  14. GetFound

    GetFound Notebook Evangelist

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    1.1 is a hit, nice and clear now!

    Are you able to add a font type selector? I would love to Add some Alienkarat font text on this screen.
     
    GetFound, Jun 23, 2011
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    wow that's some preatty awsome stuf
     
    granyte, Jun 23, 2011
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  16. picardsm

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    WAY AWESOME!!!
    :notworthy:
     
    picardsm, Jun 23, 2011
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  17. thechase123

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    Glad you guys like it

    About the alienkarat font, let me have a little think about it. It would have to be added to all 105 frames, in the same place and it won't be animated, but guessing it can be done. What would you like the text to say?
     
    thechase123, Jun 23, 2011
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  18. GetFound

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    I am referring to the messages (message 1/message 2) That way we can type what ever we like.
     
    GetFound, Jun 23, 2011
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  19. Master Schollz

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    This is saweeeeet. Thanks dude.
     
    Master Schollz, Jun 23, 2011
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  20. Sequimite

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    Thanks. I've had my M11x two days and am enjoying your splash screen.
     
    Sequimite, Jun 25, 2011
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  21. dredd1893

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    Have tried your splash screen.. thanks a bunch +1 rep
     
    dredd1893, Jun 25, 2011
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    As I've said before, these are awesome. A suggestion for 1.2: Can you make the alienhead metallic, like the one on the back of the laptop? White looks good against the black background, but a metallic one would be perfect. The eyes glowing in the chosen color would look great with this.
     
    jt-3, Jun 26, 2011
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  23. thechase123

    thechase123 Newbie

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    Glad you guys like these, just started a new job so a little busy but will start working on 1.2 when I have a chance.
     
    thechase123, Jun 27, 2011
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  24. GetFound

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    Will 1.2 include the ability to modify the Message 1-2 font?
     
    GetFound, Jun 30, 2011
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  25. paradigm

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    good onya mate.....modded my AW's WIN7's startup screen....+1Rep
     
    paradigm, Jun 30, 2011
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  26. B4n6k3

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    My girlfriend really love it....yaayy..... :D

    really appreciate for this....
     
    B4n6k3, Jun 30, 2011
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  27. dredd1893

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    Rep the OP then.. btw, why do you pick that username anyway?
     
    dredd1893, Jul 1, 2011
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  28. Mexic00ls

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    Awesome loving the purple on v1.1
    will check for future improvements and changes
    +rep
     
    Mexic00ls, Jul 1, 2011
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  29. B4n6k3

    B4n6k3 Notebook Evangelist

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    absolutely done. rep +1

    in my country, my nick means "corpse".... :D
     
    B4n6k3, Jul 3, 2011
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  30. Amici

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    Awesome +repped. Thanks for this! Goes fantastic with my m11x setup :D
     
    Amici, Jul 4, 2011
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  31. everythingsablur

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    +rep! Great idea and wonderful execution!

    I'm going to go out on a limb for the OP and say no. If you look at how this works, he created 105 individual image files for each colour (with the text written right in), then compiled them into a single BMP file. To change fonts he has to redo the entire thing with the new font. Nothing about this is dynamic enough to have a user updated text message. If you really want it, just edit the BMP yourself, block black over the text of each frame, and write over it.

    As he did not write the bootupdater (that's been around for ages) and can't make that do anything special.
     
    everythingsablur, Jul 4, 2011
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  32. katalin_2003

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    I think he's talking about the customizable parts where it says 'Starting Windows' and '@ Microsoft....' lower, you can put whatever you want, changing the position and colour of the text but not the font.
     
    katalin_2003, Jul 5, 2011
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  33. GetFound

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    12345678910
     
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  34. katalin_2003

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    See my post, buddy ;)
     
    katalin_2003, Jul 5, 2011
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    Spoke to the creator of the bootupdater and HE actually figured out how to change the font, should have a bit of free time this week, he sent me instructions and will see if I can change the message1/message2 font to alienkarat.

    Will post instructions the moment it's ready.
     
    thechase123, Jul 5, 2011
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  36. Mexic00ls

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    eagerly awaiting your instructions..........
     
    Mexic00ls, Jul 5, 2011
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  37. razorBlades

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    Awesome stuff.. was a little afraid to do it first, but too cool to miss..

    Works great! Waiting for more animations :)
     
    razorBlades, Jul 6, 2011
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  38. Empty|

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    Messed up my windows. Luckily Windows Repair was able to fix it.
    I think maybe an incompatibility witht this programm and non-english windows-versions?
     
    Empty|, Jul 6, 2011
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    um, maybe specific[/I] non-english version? I run it on my sister's m11xr2, french windows.. worked out well.
     
    dredd1893, Jul 6, 2011
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  40. katalin_2003

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    The program works well on Fr/Ro/Es Windows, you should be able to even change its language to german(Deutsch), it's the first one ( Language tab > Deutsch)
     
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    Love it, I tried it on my E1705 cause I'm still waiting for my mothership to land. :)

    My text is............ Spawning Windows :)

    +1 rep
     
    Nigel8600, Jul 6, 2011
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    Gave it a go last night and no luck, I'm probably doing something wrong. Found the line searching for the hex value, changed it and restarted. Startup repair kicked in and shot me back to default, here are the instructions I received.

    Make sure you run the Win7BootUpdater first, changing everything you want besides the font face
    Check and rename the font file:
    Find the font you want to use within the C:\Windows\Fonts folder
    Right click the font and choose "Properties"
    Make sure the location is C:\Windows\Fonts (some are just symbolically linked there)
    Make sure the file name ends in TTF, although OTF files may work as well but I haven't tested them (there is an online converter at Online Font Converter)
    Rename (or make sure) that the file name is at most 11 characters long including the extension
    Edit winload.exe:
    Open C:\Windows\System32\winload.exe in a hex editor and find the string "\fonts\segoeui.ttf" in Unicode, which is the following in hex:
    5C 00 66 00 6F 00 6E 00 74 00 73 00 5C 00 73 00 65 00 67 00 6F 00 65 00 75 00 69 00 2E 00 74 00 74 00 66 00 00 00
    This is going to be somewhere around the offset 400,000-550,000 depending on the version of the file and if it is 32 or 64 bit
    Replace the file name in the found string with the new font name. If the new name is shorter then fill in the extra space with 00.
    Update the checksum of the file, you can do this with a tool on my site: Coder for Life - Project - Utilities
    You can repeat the above 3 steps for the winresume.exe file, the string is located around the offset 300,000-450,000
     
    thechase123, Jul 7, 2011
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