How to Change the Boot Screen Logo on Windows With HackBGRT

Windows is a highly customizable operating system, and one of the things you can customize is the boot screen logo. So if you’re tired of looking at the Windows logo when your computer is booting up, you can change that with a little-known tool called HackBGRT. Here’s how to do that.

Before You Use HackBGRT…

Before you go ahead and download HackBGRT, there are some things you need to check and do.

The first thing is to make sure that your computer’s BIOS mode is UEFI-based, otherwise, the tool won’t work. To do that, follow the steps below.

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The second thing you need to do isdisable Secure Bootto allow HackBGRT to make changes to the boot screen logo. You can also check the status of Secure Boot in the System Information window.

The third thing you need to do is prepare an image to use as the new boot screen logo. Here are the requirements the image needs to meet.

Windows logo on dark blue background

Finally, since HackBGRT makes changes to your computer’s UEFI, you should create a backup in case something goes wrong. To that end, please read our guides onhow to create a recovery drive and system repair disc on Windows 10andhow to create a complete backup on Windows 11.

Once you have everything in place, using HackBGRT to change your boot screen logo is quite easy. Follow the steps below to do that.

Now that you’ve got HackBGRT, it’s time to make a graphic.

windows system information dialog box, with bios mode highlighted

When your computer restarts, you’ll see that the Windows logo during the bootup process has been replaced with your custom logo.

If you want to restore the old Windows logo to the boot screen, you’re able to do it rather easily. Just follow the steps below.

When you restart your PC, the Windows boot screen logo will be back.

saving splash.bmp as a 24-bit bitmap image in ms pain

Customizing the Boot Screen Logo on Windows the Easy Way

When you’re tired of the logo you see when Windows is loading, it’s good to know you can change it to something more interesting. You just need the help of HackBGRT, which is easy to download and use. Consider this just another tool in your Windows customization tool belt.

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hackbgrt download page on github

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