I'm a N00b in customizing XP but there is something I don't believe...

In the Unattended XPCD Guide there is a tip how to import customized OEM Information and Logo.

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/oeminfo.htm

The author says "Its a good idea to keep it transparent so it blends into the colour of the System Properties window!"

I thought there is perhaps some trick to achive this, but I didn't find anything on this board or the net.

So is there a trick or do I have to change the background color of the Bitmap to the light grey of the system?

This wouldn't look very well when the a theme with a different color is used.

greetz,
m4c3

hmm, you are right, I'm not at all sure if transparency can be applied to bitmaps. What I did was take the colour of the system properties window and set this as the background colour.

It's true that it will look odd when a different theme is used. An alternative is probably to use a border round it so it can be distinguished.

Jep, I've done that. Looks ok...

The transparancy is that Purple colour - can't remember the hex... It dont support alpha blending or anything though - use png for that

Chris.

Actually all Windows does is take the last color in the image palette and sets it to be the Alpha channel.
Just make sure that you use a palletized BMP image (16 or 265 colors). True color images won't work...

I know, the code should be 255,0,255 (Magenta).

Up to now I had no success.
But I only tried in 24Bit (was a tip on the net).

It works with color-code 255,0,255 and 16 or 256 colors.

Thanks a lot.