I have been using this one but I like yours better.

@ Squeeto - Thanks for the complement!

Actually, I was about to make a 167 similar to yours. It will go better with the "Blue" wallpaper I ripped off from a Brico Pack. I attached a pic of a part of the "Classic" Start Menu desktop I'm working on. See the lame "Programs" Icon? I'd like to find something more angled like the other folder icons. I Googled around a bit and can't find anything. Do you know where I can find something like that. I'd rather not have to make one from scratch.

Soambah

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well, first off all, it should not be the old one man.
i fixed that a looooong time ago.
Its just as the one in vista, but says xp or 2000.
i am not going to use one that says vista btw...

But thanx anyway...

Damian666

first post updated with new version!!!

hope you like it

damian666

Congrats on new version. I was just making my new XP disk with Vista Look and this version was right on time.

Cheers

Great job damian666, but there is a mistake in both italian 1020 resource of shell32.dll. Can you rechange "Annula" with "Annulla"?
Thanks

ooooh, f*** man....
a stupid spelling fault huh
will fix it man, sorry...

damian666

can anybody tell me if they encountered any error message when the patcher
was done with his job and switched to the extra's tab?

i saw that two days ago, and i fixed it, but i just dl the 2000 version, which i also fixed btw...
and to my suprise, it gave me the same error??????
so i am going crazy now...

so anybody seen this behaviour?

let me know dudes

damian666

Damian,
For my XP system, I needed to fix the shutdown button on the Classic Start Menu. I have been meaning to do this for a while.
Anyway, I copied the shell32.dll icon 28.ico and named it 329.ico. I don't know if anyone else needs to do this.

hmm, very weird man... i just checked it, and it looks like i allready did that???
strange... well, to be sure, i just copied it to to the new number so its done...

nice startmenu btw
want to make me one without the vista name on it?
1 with xp and 1with 2000 please?

damian666

@sombahd
see the attachment for that icon you were talking about man

Actually just got this from Sombahd at post #150. I am not sure if he made it though.

ok, i found it
thanx for the heads up man.

damian666

damian666, you might consider updating your Home page.

Cheers

yeah, i knw mara, but i cant find the news entry
thats what you get for using a new home page huh? lol

will fix it, if i am able to find it...

damian666

Thanks damian666,great work,i think is the best VistaPack who i have download

Thanx for your prayse man, i am glad you like it

damian666

In the future you will release VistaPack 2.5 if is this possible?

ofcourse, what did you think, i am not done yet man

damian666

@Damian666


I've found some problems with the vistapack. 2.4 release.

First: patching extmgr.dl_ failed with the following logmessage

Patching File: extmgr.dl_
Copying File to working dir
Executing Reshacker
File not found
Reshacker script error

The extmgr.dll.log however produced this:

[14 apr 2008, 12:10:54]

[FileNames]
Exe=Backup\extmgr.dll
SaveAs=NewFiles\extmgr.dll
Log=Logs\extmgr.dll.log

[Commands]
-modify "Resources\extmgr.dll\901.avi", AVI, 901,

Commands completed



Second one is that after patching the CD and after installing the patchedversion in VirtualPC the prefetchfolder is not created and winxp hangs at boot. Booting into safemode is possible. Booting into safemode with networkcapabilitys is not possible (system hangs)

third one but this is a minor thingy (i hope ), when installing the battery software de os is complaining about the Logotest

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Regards Doenja

for extmgr its just a case of wrong resource entry, nothing bad...
did you use a updated xp cd?
that other issues, did you disable sfc?
i cant think of anything else you know...

so please let me know that...

Damian666

p.s. bedankt he!!

You will have to disable SFC.



This is not problem with VistaPack, it is something to do with nLite.

Cheers

aaah, yes, thanx Mara, i thought that
thanx for clearing that up man.
who says you cant rely on your users? lol

damian666

Hi Folks,

Sorry to have been gone but work and tax time had me swamped. Two things 1) patching error message and 2) a small fix
1) Patching error message:
With SFC disabled, I ran 2.4 to mod an XP CD that I had copied to the hard drive. I'm not sure if it was during or after patching that a Reshacker script error mesage popped up.

The I386 Log shows this:
"Patching File: extmgr.dl_
Copying File to working dir
Executing Reshacker
File not found
Reshacker script error"

But the Logs folder has a file named EXTMGR.DLL.LOG. It shows this:
"[11 Apr 2008, 17:00:03]
[FileNames]
Exe=Backup\extmgr.dll
SaveAs=NewFiles\extmgr.dll
Log=Logs\extmgr.dll.log
[Commands]
-modify "Resources\extmgr.dll\901.avi", AVI, 901,
Commands completed"

2) a small fix:
Conditions - 1280X1024, 96 DPI, "vistapack" theme, "Black" color scheme and Font size "Large Fonts"
Issue - In the upper black bar, "My Network Places" does not show "View workgroup computers" or "Show icons for networked UPnP devices".
Cause - The text lables are too long to fit in the space available
Fix - shorten the lables
For those who want to see workgroup comouters etc. I've attached two files. "Modded.reg" replaces the strings with shorter versions allowing all to be seen. "Original.reg" replaces the original strings. This fix works until something causes a shell reload. You can set the "Modded.reg" file to run silent on every reboot but the best workaround is to run "Modded.reg" one time and then mod the strings where they live in "Shell32.dll" and in "xpsp2res.dll" so when a shell reload happens the strings don't change.

@damian - Not everybody will want to do their own dll mods. Ya think anybody will object if these text strings are shortened in v2.5?

Enjoy
Soambah

@damian - I didn't see anybody offering up any of those Classic Start menu side bars so I made a few more.

Enjoy
Soambah

thanx, i really like them...
dont know if i will include them, but the hell, i am going to use them myself man

damian666

p.s. i cant fix a dll for all if only a few have problems man...
i will look at it.

p.s.2
what about a XP one fo the startmenu?
only 2000 there...

Oke this is what i've done

Installing Vistapack after installation:

1. copyed a fresh set of xpfiles to a new folder ( just to be safe) ( XP Pro retail sp2 integrated)
2. created a iso and used it to install a fresh new Virtual machine. Installation went fine and after that I patched the system with your pack. Result? Al is working. The only thing is that when i want to boot into safemode the system ask for clicking a username witch isnt there
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Installing with patched CD

1.. copyed a fresh set of xpfiles to another new folder and patched the files with your pack. Created the Iso and installed it on a new fresh virtual machine. Again the system halts at first boot after setup has finished "cleaning temporary installationfiles"
2. Booted into safemode ->works but again NO prefetchfolder.
3. Booting into safemode with network-> system halts
4. Booted into safemode with CMD-> works
5. Disabled SFC by editing the registry and booted again. System halts!


Maybe it has something to do with patching the network.dlls?



Should I disable sfc by patching the sfc.dll on the cd?


I'm gona test on a real system and will give you the results as soon as possible.


@ Mara


Nlite wasn't even near my computer.


regards Doenja

Graag gedaan Damian.

hi man, just use nlite to patch the sfc.dll on your cd.
that should help, and try to use a GOOD virtual machine man.
I think its because of that...

i test on VMware, and see no trouble, i have tested it yesterday.
i was about to reinstall my machine, so i patched a fresh made up to date xpcd.
and without testing it in a vm, i installed it on my pc.
no problem what so ever man...

all went well, no trouble with messages, except that my sounddriver was wrong, but thats driverpack stuff so...
just installed new driver after install completed, done.

so let me know what you find out more ok?

Damian666

Cool gozer!!!

having fun all day!!

Followed your advice and patched de sfc.ddl with Nlite, closed Nlite and patched with Vistapack, created the Iso, burnt a cdrw and tested on a real system and around T-39 stage i get a errormessage saying I386\asms onjuiste functie (wrong function)

Thinking of a burnfailure or something going wrong creating the iso I started all over.

Popped in the cd and????? same error ..wtf

next step: when the erromessage showed I changed the patched cd for the real cd and setup finished leaving me with a half vista an half winxp style installation.
Setup is checking something on the cd before continuing and found everything oke on the real cd


Just to be absolutely sure that my genuine cd is ok I've installed with it and all went fine.

So the problem seems to be the ASMS error popping up using the patched version.

I'don't know what the files are for in that folder but apparently does the patching something to the files in that folder.???

regards Doenja

I would the "ASMS" feature of nLite leave alone... I never used this!

Hello folks!

As i wrote also @WPC, i have TClock3 issues with Vistapack (Don't using WinXP anymore ). That tool refuses to load correctly. Okay my Windows 2000 is an installation for development so it's better to not install that tool...

I never want miss Vistapack because without that Windows is sooo boring!

Damian666, can you tell me how to completely remove this pack? Why after I uninstalled it, there are still many files on my computer? I mean boot screen, turn off screen, and system properties are all from your pack. How can I have my old files again? Many thanks in advance for your reply.

you mean, that the uninstal did not work right?
What version are you using?

Also, some files take two reboots to reset to old ones...

let me know.

Damian666

Tada!!!!!! Succes!!! Yes!

Writing the ISO with Nero 7.5.9.0 gave the ASMS error. After a goolesearch i found lots of people having the same error after they burned there cd with a modern version of Nero.

So I burned using ImgBurn and no problems at all.

Conclusion: VirtualPC and Nero sucks bigtime in this case.

Damian666, All is fine! Thanks everybody for responding.

hee, glad we could help man, enjoy your vista look!!!

Damian666

To Damian666

I installed Vistapack XP beta 2.4.

I've rebooted my computer many times so far! It can't help at all.

I uninstalled this pack a few days ago so I can't remember exactly all the warning words on the uninstallation. Do I need to install your pack again, then uninstall it again to make sure I did it correctly, Damian666?

Or can you tell me what these files are (boot screen, turn off screen, and system properties) so that I can restore them manually?

PS. I see that your pack looks good and works fine for many people. I myself have no complaints about it either. However, I don't like it much, and decide not to have it any more. It will be nice if I can completely remove it (with your help, of course). But if I can't, no big problem at all, just some curses will be uttered! And I will try to live with it! Thank you for any coming help and reply.

is it possible in the My Network Places to view Workgroup computer ,and Microsoft network

@ aloho, then i think its f***ed man...
weird, but nothing can be done about it now.
So the only option you have now, is manually restoration.
sorry for that man, your one of the few...

First download this: replacer

then take three files from your XP cd.
ntoskrnl.ex_, sysdm.cp_ and msgina.dl_. these files are cabbed, but can be extracted with winrar or 7zip.

Then you open up the replacer program you downloaded, and browse to the first file, ntoskrnl.exe in the system32
directory.
select it and then browse to the unpacked ntoskrnl.exe.
Press replace, and your done.
Do this for all three files, which are all found in the system32 directory, just replace them with the
newly extracted ones.
Then reboot, and your done.

let me know if this helps man, and again, sorry for the trouble.

Damian666

@srgsng25 with all respect man, but i really dont get it, why do you ask me?

Thanks for your reply, Damian666. I'll let you know the result tomorrow.

Edit: The result is here.

Damian666, the Turn Off screen and System Properties were restored. And, what a shame! It is the Log On/ Log Off screen that I want to get back, not the Boot screen! Sorry I gave you the wrong name. It's nice if you let me know what this file is, too. Thanks for your help.

PS. The Replacer works fine; better than CopyLock, I think.

Aloha, not aloho!!!!!!!

well, i am glad it worked for you man
and aloho, well, thats just a spelling mistake man
i know its aloha...

the file you are searching for is called logonui.exe man, its in the system32 folder.

See ya man.

Damian666

@ srgsng25,

See my post No. 173 earlier in this thread. I posted a fix to enable seeing "Workgroup computers" in "My Network Places". The fix is specific for the "vistapack" theme with color "Black". That's what I use. I can't guarantee it will work with different settings. YMMV

Soambah

oooh, now i get the question

lol

Damian666

Damian666, my computer has a serious problem, and I can't use XP now. Thanks for the file name.

See you.

something i did?
what is wrong then?
maybe we can fix it...

Damian666

Hi,
I've a bug.
When I was shutting down XP, Automatic Updates told me I had an not installed update (see image) so i installed it and after reboot everything is OK but it happens everytime that I've a new update to install. Bye

kontini, yeah, i saw that too man, so i looked at the shell32 and msgina files to see what bmp was set wrong...
now comes the weird part, nothing is wrong with it...

so maybe you can find something?
because i cant man

a very strange bug indeed, maybe its because of that update thingy that uses another file

i am looking , but till now nothing man

Damian666

I think the problem is in winbrand.dll.txt
check this line:

wauw, great job man...
it took me forever to find it on my own

fixed, finally...

Many thanx

Damian666

Well!
Another problematic question: logon screen, I know that there are some bugs with this in the pack. Do you want change it? I've created this:

It's fully functional, like Xp one. If you like I'll give you the resources.

ok, give them and i will look at it ok?
but so much trouble is not reported for it man

but i am open for suggestions...

Damian666

I'm sorry, I didn't want diminish your work.
But take a look at this one.