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^Holy .... Who is that?
That's Elisha Cuthbert. May recognize her from the tv series, 24. I saw pre-screening of "The Girl Next Door" twice and she got me hooked >.< SoOOo hottt
Lol, here is mine...talk about custom!
http://www.freepgs.com/XP1800/MyDesktop.bmp
Lol, that is mighty plain there XP :p
I suppose a clean look would actually be easier to work with, but I prefer at least a little eye candy ;)
I'm surprised more people don't change the "Start" button to say something more custom, I set mine to say "Jexx" thats been my alter-ego online name for years .:cool:
Can I do that in Win2K? If so, tell me!:)
where do you guys get all these nice skins and themes for your OS?
do what, change your start button text? ;)Quote:
Originally posted by XP1800
Can I do that in Win2K? If so, tell me!:)
you'll need to get a hex editor, but it's pretty simple to do
http://wincustomize.com/Quote:
Originally posted by thrawn86
where do you guys get all these nice skins and themes for your OS?
I have the full $50 suite. I'm pretty decked out here.:D
This is how I did it, of course I'm using XP but I think its the same for 2000.Quote:
Originally posted by XP1800
Can I do that in Win2K? If so, tell me!:)
First download Resource Hacker by far the best and easiest hex editor I have ever found.
Now for the instructions:
1. You need to hack explorer.exe to change the XP start button, but it is kind of an important file, so lets make a backup before we start.
Open Windows Explorer and locate explorer.exe in your c:\windows directory. Make a copy of the file in the same directory and name it explorer.bak.
2. Now for the fun part. Run the Resource Hacker: Choose File, then Open, and open c:\windows\explorer.exe. Skate on over to String Table>37>1033, where you should see "Start." Change this to whatever you want. Get creative. Get offensive. Go crazy -- it's all about choice.
3. Click on the button labeled "Compile Script." Now go to file, and click Save As. Save the file as Explorer_new.exe. You can't save it as Explorer.exe because Explorer.exe is currently in use. Close all programs and restart your system.
4. Boot to safe mode with command prompt (F8 on startup).
5. Log on as an administrator.
6. Type copy c:\windows\explorer_new.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe, then type yes, then close the command prompt by typing exit.
7. Reboot your system to see your new start button :D
It seems alot harder than it really is, but before you try it you might want to make sure this works the same in 2000 as it does in XP.
And if you missed it before, look at the bottom and you see my custom "Start" button :)
http://webpages.charter.net/jeffkos/Desktop.jpg
Here's a Couple more from me.
XP1800, how you like UT2K4? It went gold already..
http://home.comcast.net/~mskrissy/Files/Desktop14.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~mskrissy/Files/Desktop15.jpg
Nice and clean Ash, just the way I like it:)
http://www.frailart.net/members/glsc...sktopSac01.jpg
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