Saturday, November 20, 2010

Change screen?

Yes, this is an extra credit project. I need to change the name that comes up on the computer when it boots up to my name as opposed to the Dell or whatever. I figured out how to change the computer name but that doesn't change the name in the boot process. I'm not real comfortable in going in and changing the bios but if I have to I will. Any help would be appreciated!!! (This is worth 3 extra points on my final grade!) I went to the tricks and tips for windows and didn't find anything on this in there. Thanks!!!Change screen?
If you want to change the actual BIOS name you are going to have to play with the BIOS bin file. This will vary from PC to PC and there is an example of a Phoenix hack here



http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthre



If you simply want to change the OS spalsh screen that is much easier and there is an explanation of how to do this in XP here:



http://www.jakeludington.com/windows_xp/Change screen?
There are several names displayed in several places during boot...

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