Cannot Install Custom BootAnimation Much Less AndroidSDK???

[JohnnyDepth]

Greetings, I'm not an IT professional but tend to follow
direction very well, that said...

-I have a stock Droid with the latest OTA 2.1 update.
-Window's 7 Premium 64bit.
-UAC is always disabled
-It mounts correctly, and debugging seems to work.

I have downloaded Android SDK
(making sure it was the latest version and for my OS)
I have downloaded Java JDK SE: JDK 6 Update 20.

I have followed instructions from various sources which
seem to follow the same protocols/directions:

-launch CMD type CD\
-adb shell (shows a long list of items)
-adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
(there were other directions, which I've forgotten but

no serial number pops up.
no data transfers

When I initiate The final command: device not found.

I have downloaded the correct drivers labeled:
usb_driver and put it into the android\tools folder

My goal is to get a bootanimation.zip inside the Droid's
correct directory without having to root, which I read was/is possible?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm online so I'll be sure to respond quickly.

I read this Big Lou's thread here:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/12841-big-lous-boot-animation-tutorial-noobs.html

I watched a Youtube video and even added a *path* under environment variables
that reads: ;C:\android\tools or something to that effect.


I'd like to add when I try to install the SDK setup exe inside the
file I downloaded: I get a cannot find java in path, or doesn't even see a *suitable* Java?

 

[jntdroid]

I really don't think you can do that without root access since you're trying to access directories that aren't accessible without root. I could be wrong, though...