Windows Boot Splash
The boot splash is the Windows XP screen which is initially shown while Windows is booting, before the
Login Screen is shown.
You can use the Stardock BootSkin utility to install your new boot splash, located at
http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/ This utility is free for noncommercial usage and avoids all that dangerous mucking about with the ntoskernel.exe files.
To Do: How to create a BootSkin file.