Saqib's IT Solutions (SSITS)

a little over one year after the Windows 7 RTM build release, Jeff Bush has released a free tool that does the miracle with a click! Yes, you can now replace the Windows 7 boot animation with a custom one. Windows 7 Boot Animation Updater is a small tool that allows you change boot animation and texts (Starting Windows and © Microsoft Corporation) in a jiffy. Key features: # Modifies the boot animation # Modifies the boot text “Starting Windows” and “© Microsoft Corporation” # Will compile the animation from 105 BMP, PNG, GIF, or TIFF images # Does not require any other applications (like ImageX) # Designed to be idiot-proof by having numerous checks # Automatically backs up the modified winload.exe and bootres.dll # Can be run as a GUI or command-line program # Works for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 # Numerous other little things (e.g. forcing timestamps) to match the original Visit the download page for detailed information on how to use this tool. Note: This tool is s...

Here is a quick tip that might come in handy in certain situations. Most users have at least some software programs in their system autostart. This means that these programs are started when the Windows operating system starts. The benefit is that these programs are loaded before any user interaction which is essential for security applications and handy for programs the user works with all the time. Some users might want to skip loading these autostart programs from time to time to save some time to be able to work on the computer. The following solution works only when running Windows XP operating systems. Microsoft seems to have disabled the option in Windows Vista (and most likely kept it that way in Windows 7). To start Windows XP without any startup programs press the [Shift] key while the computer system is booting. The key has to be pressed as soon as the Windows desktop background appears. This will prevent startup programs from being loaded automatically. It might take a f...