@X5PL:
yep. you might want to go back to v26.09a, since that's only a 65mb downgrade which doesn't take that long to load. from there you'd use the modded v26 to go "back" to the most recent version, but with the enhancements.
you can use ultraiso to open the corresponding image and just replace the navboot file within.
(google for ultraiso and download the trial, that'll do)