where is the path of bootscreen in winxp?

Answer 1

Remember the bootscreen is not simply an image embeded in your filesystem. It is rather a resource. A resource is some type of media that is embeded within an executable. Thus, in this case the windows xp kernel. So I recommend you to use the BootXP software that does it automatically and takes necessarily precautions.

[A U T O M A T I C]
First of all it is kind of dangerous to change the boot screen yourself if you have idea how to do it. I recommend you to use a program to do so: http://www.topdrawerdownloads.com/download/104610
First of all it is kind of dangerous to change the boot screen yourself if you have idea how to do it. I recommend you to use a program to do so: http://www.topdrawerdownloads.com/download/104610

[G E E K Y S T Y L E]
But if you insist and want to get geeky, you have to alter the windows xp kernel. First of all Backup the C:\boot.ini file to a safe location. And Backup the ntoskrnl.exe which is in your c:\windows\system32 directory.

okay now it is the ugly part, we need to alter the resource of that kernal inorder to change the bootscreen. Download Resource Hacker which is a hacking utility to view the contents of ntoskrnl.exe
http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/

1- Open ntoskrnl.exe in Resource Hacker.
2- Expand Bitmap > 5 and highlight the 1033 folder.
3- Right-click the 1033 icon and choose Replace Resource.
4- Click the Open file with new bitmap button and locate the image you created earlier. Click the Replace button. Save it in a different location and exit Resource Hacker.
5- Reboot into SafeMode and copy your newly created ntoskrnl.exe file into the Windows > system32 folder.

Your done.

Good Luck and don't mess anything ;)