Some cool XP mods...

[sleepypost]

I modded the start button logo to an AMD Athlon XP logo. And the text says, "Postman".

The recycle bin is an Apple logo which converts into a Mac logo when empty. I modded the text to read, "Dump.mac".

Hope you like

[sleepypost]

Sorry bout the crappy image quality.

[Blakhart]

Hey, you should get credit for trying at least.

[sleepypost]

Thanks. im wondering if there's a desktop image creator. or something that allows you to save the desktop as an image. ??

[scott_d]

Print screen.
It is a little button somewhere close to the backspace. Push that then go into paint and go to Edit->Paste.

[sleepypost]

very cool dude. thanks a bundle.

[sleepypost]

Here's a better quality look.

[scott_d]

That IS better...heh heh
Hey...flowers? tux? ride?? getting ready for somethin important? prom maybe?

[Boone]

Hey sleepy, great desktop. Do you have a link for how to make changes like that?

[sleepypost]

scott_d, yep! i am in the grind as far as that is concerned.

Boone, thanks! they are two pretty different mods with no relation whatsoever. The Start button mod i've done with NitroHex (a hex editor) but to get the logo i had to actually compile script using Res Hack (i'll stop there, moderators don't like hacks). This one is pretty complicated but can be found easily with google. ill post a link ASAP.

The Recycle Bin is easy! You'll need to change the logo with a separate program. Activicons is a nice one but has compatability issues with WinXP. To change the text cut and paste this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

Cut and paste into a text editor (note pad is perfect) and save as Recyclebin.reg . Then click on it and say yes, send it to the registry. Done! You should now be able to change the text with out problems. Make sure to back up though. And make sure you get ALL of that text including the title: Version 5.00 etc.

HTH

[Boone]

Thanks sleepy I'll give it a shot.

[Spyda]

but why postman?

and how did you get windows to change the start text then? i managed to change it using a hex editor in the exploer.exe, but in no way whatsoever could i find a way to replace the original explorer.exe

[sleepypost]

First, "Postman" is my child hood nickname. (my last name is Post). Whenever i play sports or anything the coach always calls me "Postman". Teachers call me that too. (its cause they ask and i "deliver". )

Second, i know of two ways to mod the text, and one way of changing the logo. The explorer.exe/ hex method works well but you have to manually change it. (make sure its the right "start") Then save it as Explorer2.exe or anything different. (that is VERY important unless you wanna have to alter a security string line (you have to if you want to do method 2)).

Once its placed in WINDOWS (with the original explorer.exe), go to WINDOWS/ Regedit/ HKEYLOCALMACHINE/ Software/ Microsot/ WindowsNT/ Currentversion/ Winlogon. Then look for "shell" in the right hand side. Change the value from Explorer.exe to Explorer2.exe. Reboot!
(that path is important. if you memorize it you can save some time by making UNidentical modded critical system files. logonui2.ini for example).