XP Boot screen
 

Ok a bit of a noob problem, one that I have infact sorted out before...I just can't remember how I did it (Getting old see). Anyway I have a 19" LCD monitor and I run it at 1280x1024, but when I boot it up and the Windows XP boot screen appears it looks horrible and fills the whole screen all pixelated and such.

I just want it to look nicer when I boot up. I am running SP1 and I dont really like SP2 but I know that SP2 resizes the boot screen.

Any ideas anyone?

Bite the bullet and upgrade to SP2, from what you said it sounds like it will solve your problem.