Gabriel Appugliese Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 for anyone who has an OEM version of wndows 8 installed on their alienware, does your boot logo show the alienware head or the blue windows logo?if it has the alienware head can u upload your bootres.dll file, located in "C:\Windows\Boot\Resources"?thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m15chief Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I don't think that file makes a difference, if you use UEFI you get the Alienware logo, if normal boot you get the windows logo after the POST screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Appugliese Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Koolgle: How to Change Boot Screen in windows 8according to the link that file has the boot logo and since im on an alienware i would like to get the alienware logo instead of the blue windows logo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazeedee Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 If you chose Secure Boot in Bios, so Alienware Sign as Bootlogo is show at win boot. if Secure Boot disable windows logo is shown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtho782 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 As others have said, a prerequisite for the OEM logo (in this case Alienware) to show is that you are booting with Secure Boot and UEFI. If you've installed Windows without using UEFI, you will need to do a Windows reinstall to use UEFI/Secure Boot. 1. Create a UEFI bootable USB stick, following this guide: UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 8 with 2. To boot the USB you will need UEFI enabled yet legacy boot methods still enumerated. Enter the BIOS with F2 and on the "Boot" tab, set "Boot List Option" to UEFI, "Secure Boot" to disabled, and "Load Legacy Option Rom" to enabled. Will look like this: 3. Save and exit, then repeatedly tap F12 on boot, selecting to boot from the USB. 4. Install Windows 8/8.1 as normal. 5. Once installed, go back to the BIOS, disable "load legacy option rom", and more options will appear. Then, you can enable Secure Boot. Your BIOS should look like this: 6. Save and exit, done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Or, even better yet, steer completely away from UEFI boot options... You don't need really need them for anything. I can switch between UEFI Legacy Option Rom and straight Legacy (like the image below) without reinstalling Windows, but I never use Secure Boot for anything. It doesn't add any value as far as I am concerned. There are limited circumstances where one may actually have a legitimate reason to use it to protect sensitive or proprietary information in a corporate environment, and that doesn't reflect the needs of most enthusiasts or gamers. Set it like this... Instead of this... Either way will give you the Alien-head boot Logo instead of the Alienware text boot logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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