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...