http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/26/changing-vista-boot-screens-and-opening-yourself-up-to-rootkits-or-not.aspxI love people who want to customise WIndows Vista and some of my previous posts have covered this, however you can go too far - you can hack the OS. While I understand the desire to "hack" the OS to get customisations, there are better ways. This particularenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/26/changing-vista-boot-screens-and-opening-yourself-up-to-rootkits-or-not.aspx#4088Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:23:12 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:4088David Overton<p>Hello &quot;MyVistaBoot.com Admin&quot;. This is not a negative statement about your site, but rather that replacing windows code, especially before the full OS kicks in carries risks. &nbsp;Someone COULD not only change the picture, but inject other nasty code. &nbsp;It then comes down to how much they trust the source of the files. &nbsp;If you are not aware of the risks you can't make an informed choice. &nbsp;Your boot screens are not signed, so could be tampered by anyone.</p> <p>StarDock code is signed so that if someone abused it, it would not be detected.</p> <p>thanks</p> <p>David</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4088" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/26/changing-vista-boot-screens-and-opening-yourself-up-to-rootkits-or-not.aspx#4087Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:09:05 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:4087MyVistaBoot.com Admin<p>Hey, that&#39;s my site! Can you tell me what&#39;s the difference between stardock and me? My method doesn&#39;t need any additional software and is 100% safe! In my tutorials I recommend people to create a backup before downloading a new bootscreen, so I don&#39;t see the un-safe side of this story...</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4087" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/26/changing-vista-boot-screens-and-opening-yourself-up-to-rootkits-or-not.aspx#3876Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:49:51 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:3876David Overton<p>Now, if I didn't understand, why did I publish the links? &nbsp;It is nice to do, but something you have to think about before you go ahead and understand the risks.</p> <p>ttfn</p> <p>David</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3876" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/26/changing-vista-boot-screens-and-opening-yourself-up-to-rootkits-or-not.aspx#3875Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:45:27 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:3875compwerkYes, David...it is worth risking the integrity of your system for a pretty graphic for a few seconds during startup. Microsoft is both loved and hated. It&#39;s a &quot;Rage against the Machine&quot; kind of thing. I doubt you would understand.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3875" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/26/changing-vista-boot-screens-and-opening-yourself-up-to-rootkits-or-not.aspx#3285Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:08:13 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:3285David Overton's Blog<p>I just have to share some of the pictures my PC created while running Dreamscapes (free from StarDock</p> <img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3285" width="1" height="1">