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Microsoft® Windows® > XP
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Changing Your Boot Screen

Not everyone likes the plain old vanilla flavor of the themes available in XP. One of the most interesting, and non-resource intensive, methods of customizing your PC is changing the boot screen to something that you find a bit more interesting or better reflects your personality.

There's a handy freeware application, effective and spyware free, that you can use. The application works with 2000, XP, "Longhorn" (Vista), and I suspect will work with Server 2003. You can download the application from the following site:

Stardock: Wincustomize - BootSkin

You can download additional skins free from the following:
Windows XP Themes, XP Skins, XP Visual Styles, Icons & Wallpapers for your ultimate desktop experience!

OS: XP > General
Date: 12/02/05

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