 Customize the word "Start" on your start button! |
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| Guest_LouCypher_* |
 Oct 5 2001, 08:38 PM
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I'm just posting the link, not the whole thing:
http://overclockersclub.com/xpstartbutton.shtml It does work, and also mentions a way I've not seen mentioned before of working around WFP (filelist.xml). It doesn't seem to mention however that the change ONLY works if you Desktop is set for XP style (Luna, etc.) instead of the Classic style (like Win2k). Grab Resource Hacker at: http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/ |
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Oct 6 2001, 03:39 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 488 Joined: 4-September 01 From: UK Member No.: 266 
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Nice link mate....
Regards, BAH |
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Oct 15 2001, 04:50 AM
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GuiPirate Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 9-October 01 From: Sarnia,Ontario Member No.: 480 OS: Vista Ultimate x64
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Very cool link!
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Oct 16 2001, 12:26 PM
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I am a PC...  Group: Patrons Posts: 4134 Joined: 16-August 01 Member No.: 2 OS: Vista Ultimate x86 
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DONT TRY THIS!!
and if you have already press ctrl alt del and tell me what happens.. i started this.. then decided it looked s*** on the site.. so i pasted the xml file and the explorer file back.. and my pc now does something odd when u hit ctrl alt del.. let me know it might be unrelated.. funny coincidence though eh? |
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Oct 16 2001, 01:13 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 324 Joined: 7-September 01 Member No.: 294 |
what does it do??
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Oct 16 2001, 01:48 PM
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I am a PC... Group: Patrons Posts: 4134 Joined: 16-August 01 Member No.: 2 OS: Vista Ultimate x86
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the menu under ctrl alt del is all messed up.. theres no top on the box so i can check out system performance etc.. or close the box either.. i have to right click on the green cpu usage icon in the tray and shut it like that :S
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Oct 16 2001, 02:17 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 324 Joined: 7-September 01 Member No.: 294 |
strange, well thats what happenes when you modify microsoft code.
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Oct 16 2001, 02:47 PM
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GuiPirate Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 9-October 01 From: Sarnia,Ontario Member No.: 480 OS: Vista Ultimate x64
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So far so good nothing strange yet
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Oct 19 2001, 02:02 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 18-August 01 Member No.: 15 |
Any1 else try the hack? It looks pretty cool, but i dont know if it will mess anything up like it did to someone else..FthrJACK i think..
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Oct 19 2001, 02:33 PM
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The MSFN Banana Group: Patrons Posts: 6507 Joined: 17-August 01 From: England, UK Member No.: 3 OS: none
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FthrJACK is a very unlucky guy! First NIS f***ed his PC up, and now the start button utility. LOL
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Oct 19 2001, 02:55 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 18-August 01 Member No.: 15 |
Hey i tried the hack and it works just fine...i hope he finds a hack for the color of the start menu..green is kinda boring...And the color of the taskbar..etc all these things are cool..
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| Guest_LouCypher_* |
Oct 20 2001, 05:52 PM
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The graphics for the Luna scheme are all in the Luna.msstyles file in WindowsResourcesLuna directory. You can open this file in reshack (download from first post above) and edit the graphics in much the same manner as the startup screens, etc. There are three styles mentioned in Luna.msstyles, blue, homestead, and metallic. I believe the homestead corresponds to "Olive Green" and metallic is "Silver" visual styles. blue is the default blue style.
If you want edit the color or even change the shape of your start button then that would be the place to start. Look under the Bitmap resources for Luna.msstyles for BLUE_STARTBUTTON, etc. |
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Oct 20 2001, 06:02 PM
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I am a PC... Group: Patrons Posts: 4134 Joined: 16-August 01 Member No.: 2 OS: Vista Ultimate x86
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its not the hack thats caused this problem.. it WAS just a coincidence as i put everything back as it should be!!
 i wanted a black start button but realised it wouldnt be possible with this hack so i stopped doing it and put everything back.. i think its caused by something else on my system that ive installed or wiped off by mistake, ill run repair tool later and see if that fixes it.. if not its no biggie until the next format |
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Oct 20 2001, 10:59 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 18-August 01 Member No.: 15 |
The msstyles thingy is protected and unless you get a crack you cant edit or create msstyles files. I tried to make the start menue blue and it didnt work cuz of the protection..i found the crack but i cant replace the **** file... If any1 figures out how to replace the file i need to replace pls tell me...
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Oct 21 2001, 11:37 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 18-August 01 Member No.: 15 |
I found this really cool theme on the Neowin Board. Notice: IT IS NOT MY THEME, AND IM NOT STEALING IT FROM ANY1. Timan made it... Here is a screenshot: http://timan25.net/images/logobluemod.jpg
And if you want to download go here: http://timan25.net/xp/bluetheme.zip |
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Oct 21 2001, 09:06 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 10-October 01 Member No.: 485 |
Windowsxp88, how would i set it up, i tried putting it into the theme folder 4 luna but it didnt work, i even created a folder 4 the new luna files and it also didnt work, do u have it work? and can u tell me how to do it?
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Oct 22 2001, 02:51 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 18-August 01 Member No.: 15 |
I extract the thing to c:/windows/resources/themes/ Then i opened up the .msstyles file that was in the blue theme folder and click applied and that was it....
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Oct 22 2001, 03:33 PM
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Friend of MSFN Group: Members Posts: 840 Joined: 23-August 01 Member No.: 42 |
i can't get it to work either. :ohno
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| Guest_LouCypher_* |
Oct 23 2001, 06:02 PM
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I've changed the color of my start button!
I downloaded the StylesXP beta 1 from TGT Soft and installed it. That by itself adds another theme to %windir%ResourcesThemes called "stylesXP_1". The stylesXP_1.msstyles can be edited with ResHack and isn't protected by WFP. Download ResHack from the first post this thread. Get StylesXP beta 1 from here: http://www.tgtsoft.com/dloads/stylesxp.exe |
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Nov 18 2001, 05:23 PM
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The MSFN Banana Group: Patrons Posts: 6507 Joined: 17-August 01 From: England, UK Member No.: 3 OS: none
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http://www.overclockersclub.com/xpstartbutton.shtml
have fun! I'd rather wait for a program that can easily change the wording and pic on the start button. (and not forgetting the back colour of it as well) |
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