I agree that there are many many old resources in wmploc.dll, and that something should be done about it. It's just idiotic that M$ left those, it's like they are doing that intentionally.

yeah, your both right guys...

but i am just 1 person dudes

and at the moment, i really cant do much about it, my pc is f***ed at the moment so

Damian666

This is good suggestion. Damian you should definitely include this. Resource which needs to be replaced for this icon is 4012, but it won't hurt if you replace it all.

Cheers

i got them Mara, and added them right away
can i write you up as a permanent tester?

thanx smiley welcome to the team

Damian666

Wow, I'm so happy to be part of the team
I don't have much time right now (busy with school exams), but I'll be free from the 3rd of July.

Cheers

well,you allready helped man
so thats cool dude.

just have fun, thats all what matters.

Damian666

Sure, why not.

Cheers

EDIT: I just looked at my Windows Media Player and I sow that all resources already suggested should be replaced, because with that replace icon in WMP when it's minimized in toolbar is replaced too, so it's cool.

Hi,
I've a problem with new vistapack and VistaLuna Basic theme by Pgase:



But I've solved replacing attached 143.bmp in explorer.exe (folder)

Can you Damian666 replace the bmp in next pack?

hmm... well you know... we not all use that theme, so i think i cant do that man.
it really is not a problem of the pack, more of that theme you see.

i never had that problem, so i think that guy has to fix his theme

sorry

Damian666

I don't think so.
I think It's a problem of the pack if the original bmp is 25x20 and your is 16x16.

ok, i will look at it man

damian666

kontini

for those that are interested, i am moving the download location to a better host.
almost unlimited bandwith, and no problems with downloding

and because of that, i am creating a update module for the patcher.
it can check for a update on startup, and if its released, prompt the user to get the latest version

stay tuned.

Damian666

That's great

So, what can we expect in the next version of Vistapack?

well, above mentioned changes are aleady applied, and the little tweaks for the logofftext remover
and the refresher are done too.

i have found someone willing to make me a vista look-alike logon, but as you can see in teh poll, we are tied at the moment

so we wait, and for the rest... we will see.

i asked Mara to help me with the updater, i have trouble with the progressbar


damian666

Will we see a comparison of these two logon-models when it's done?

Uh, when did you ask?

I'll help, of course, but maybe you sent PM to wrong person or something?

Cheers

no, i send to right person, look on WPC

and yes, i will upload two screenshots for comparison.

damian666

Sorry, but I did not get anything on WPC too.

Cheers

****, there si just one mara there man.
oh well, wil you help me please?

i cant get the DL progressbar to accurately tell how much is done

would be great if you could help man

Damian666

Mara- pm send to you

damian666

I have a computer with 2000 on it but i don't have internet so i download files and stuff on a different computer on the a usb and the put it on my computer. When i install Vistapack and check files and then reload files and then pick from the extras and then push the link that reboots your computer all the icons and the taskbar disapear but it does not reboot. (i left the computer go for an hour before i rebooted it my self.)

I Have the Cursors_sounds, screensaver,Tbar,Wallpaper,Vistadrive,Fonts, and True Trans Installed

When i boot up these to things pop up

Problem with shortcut
The drive or network connection that the shortcut 'Tclock3.lnk' refers to is unavalibal. Make sure that the disk is properly inserted or the network resource is available, and then try again

vistapack.exe - Bad Image
The application or DLL F:\WINNT\system 32\uxtheme.dll is not valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette

I push ok on Problem with Shortcut and it goes away

I push ok on the vistapack.exe and this pops up

Vdrive.exe - Bad Image
The application or DLL F:\WINNT\system 32\uxtheme.dll is not valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette

I push ok on the Vdrive.exe and this pops up again

vistapack.exe - Bad Image
The application or DLL F:\WINNT\system 32\uxtheme.dll is not valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette

I push ok and it pops up again

I push ok again it goes away

The Backround, icons, and the Windows have changed

but the Taskbar looks the same but is darker and see through

Also if I have the Tclock3 installed it freazes my computer and I have Sign on as a new user and uninstall it.

I haven't used the atomatic update because i don't have the internet. Do i need to?

Am i doing something wrong? Can you help me?

ok, thast a very weird eror man, try uninstalling the true transparency and Tclock3.
try that, and if nothing works, uninstall the whole thing, and try again with a fresh install.

but without the above mentioned extra's.

please report back if done.

we go on from there

damian666

p.s, s***, you cant uninstall ofcourse, the patcher doesnt work right?
****...

i will be back in a few.

i uninstalled the Tclock and transparency thing but nothing changed exepte the windows changed back to normal
then i uninstalled the whole thing and re installed it with non of the extras and now it is back to the origanl look of 2000

i don't understand what u are talking about patcher

the " patcher" is the program that changes your files to the vista ones
i thought it didnt work becaus you said there was a weird message with the patcher.

but luckly there is no problem uninstalling then

so you have a " fresh" install now of 2000?

are you using the latest version? 2.5?
and is your 2000 uptodate? if so, plesae try a clean install of the pack.

let me know, i am currently installing a fresh copy of 2000 in my VM, and will test it too.

damian666

i have 2.5 five
no i have not updated my computer but i'm tring to now

cool, please do.
i am not usre but maybe its because of that, i am also updating the new install so i can test in a while

be patient, we get it

damian666

i'm still tring to connect for some reson its not connecting
so i'm downloading firefox

as you have never updated it, i think we have found the culprit
please try to update it man.

damian666

ok thanks if it doesn't work i'll come back
thx again for the help though

your welcome man, just to let you know...
i just installed the pack on a up-to-date 2000, and had no prolems, only 1 file which keeps reloading itself.

but nothing that could explain your troubles from before

have fun

damian666

It's quiet in here.

Any progress?

its quiet because there are not much bugs to report.
better said, its a good thing

Damian666

It's strange that around 3000 people haven't voted in the poll.

Only 29 of 3000 viewers has voted

yeah, i know... maybe thats because there are a lot of guests among them.
guests dont have the right to vote in a poll.

well, at least those guys cant nag later on that its not how they wanted it
they should have told me

damian666

Hehe, that's right my friend


So, how's the Vista-logon been treated like?

Is it finished?

Screenshot?

well, as i said... i have found someone, Marxo to make me a vistalike logon, BUT as you can see...
the poll shows us that users rather have a custom one then a lookalike.

so... this is for marxo, which is viewen right now
maybe we can give the one you made a twist?

make it dark? just a thought let me knwo...

damian666

Is thurr anyway i can just use the icons out of this release, without having to install everything else?

no.
and i dont support that either.
just get vista iconpack 3 then.

damian666

But Vista Icon Pack 3 doesn't patch system tray icons.

Which files are the system tray icons located in?

At least for me, new start button style messes with all skins but Windows XP default one. Quicklaunch is displayed over a part of the skin start button, and you can't move it.

Pic:

Is there any way to get Vistapack 2.4 again?

Thanks

P.S. : by the way, the new logos are pretty nice

Xibad, long time no see man
hmm, i did get that "bug" reported once, but its not really something i can fix.
i think its about the visual style thats used, which is not made by me.

so, i have to look if i still have teh old style for you.
but in the meantime, lets try to figure out why not all of us are having this problem man.
please tell me which extra's you have installed, especcialy the logofftext remover...

see ya

damian666

@superleeds, with all due respect man... but if you dont use my pack, i cant help you here.
open a seperate thread in the customizing windows forum, there you will get a awnser.
i want to keep this thread clean.
thanx

Check my post about start button:
http://www.msfn.org/board/Vistapack-25-rel...035#entry776035

aaah yes... i knew i saw it before
i have replaced that bmp though...

very weird.

Damian666

Damian666, you're today exactly two years @ MSFN

As you are a very good competitor i wish you make the best of this saturday in the little hours you might on here

As i doesn't want to make this topic cluttered i say you now my overall opinion about the work you make (including all projects here):

Vistapack:
I use it with my Windows 2000 Professional, with relatively simply options: (no Tclock or Tbar, TrueTransparency for the borders, other options as given by standard). It makes NT5 to the perfect Windows : as i say - everlasting Windows 2000!

UTender:
As i use in my Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 the standard theme i don't need it. But it tested it a while ago with corrent result for checking purposes, so its a good tool!

vUXTender:
For another user account i need to install the Aero Theme "Vista_Classic by UkIntel" which makes this tool possible. Fine


I wish all readers an writers in this forum and neighbourhood a nice saturday
and ciao,
Chris

thank you

Damian666

Nope, you haven't. Check kontini's post. If you replace the bmp, all is displayed fine. I think the issue was a mismatch in bmp sizes like he says.

And by the way timedate.cpl error is still present in the spanish verision (the two tabs missing in time and date, referred to dialog resources 1 and 10). You have a little error in the script, check SP-timedate.cpl.txt and change language code to 3082. Anyway that correction doesn't change anything, the Vistapack removes that dialogs again. If I update with my fixes of the resources manually, all works perfect. But if I try to reload with Vistapack, it doesn't. I don't understand

thats weird man... let me look at it.
one moment dude...

Damian666

ok, listen man... the bitmap in explorer is certainly changed man, i really changed that f***.
so, please check if you have it too man.

and for the timedate.cpl, script is fixed now, but can you check if the language code in the resfiel is correct?

thanx for testing again xibad

damian666

Good Morning!

I've decided for the new fresh native Windows 2000 Professional install using without TrueTransparency, like i described above.

BTW the System-Properties are very awful in Windows 2000 Deutsch:

Please for Windows Aktivie use "Windows Aktivierung" in german resources instead.
Owner ist "Benutzer" and Company is "Firma"."Product-ID" is Produktschlüssel (if last too long write "Schlüssel" only.

There is no oemlogo installed... What about that bitmaps and its displying?it looks very strange!

Regards,
Chris