@bmn

how did you cut around your spidey image so perfectly, i can never cut things that well by hand

here ya go.

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@benners im having trouble getting my image to go transparent as a bmp using your pink method lol

and im following it to a T

any ideals

heres my after image and its not transparent,,, this was just a dry test and ill keep trying but any help would be appreciated as usual

i fixed my image, i figured out where i went wrong grr now i feel bad lol

any ways heres a finished image

This is wierd, I hve been messing since your last post and still cannot get the full picture to be transparent, I can select half of the picture and it is transparent but when adding the other half the pink is no longer transparent
I will continue and let you know my results, it is probably something obvious but I cannot think what.

Well I have lost the use of my eyes but I have managed to do it. In the attached file are 2 bmps, one has a pink (transparent) line and the other doesn't, the one with the line shows as transparent and the other shows the pink background, go figure

Because of the tree shapes instead of cutting out I used the background eraser tool and went as close as I dared to the picture, then after saving the image as described in a previous post, manually went around the image with a brush of 1 pixel size and painted over all the odd pixels that were not tranparent with the pink colour whilst constantly saving the bmp and checking the look of it on the system properties page.

Files Here try for yourself and see if you get the same problems I did.

thanks benners looks good

if u want to use transparency then u have to make sure the image is in 256 colour and use magic pink. if however u want to use more colours then u will have to make a 24-bit bitmap with 8bit alpha channel for the transparency. which is a pain in the a** todo if u dont have photoshop.

EDIT: Here is another cool site for fonts http://www.webpagepublicity.com/

hmm, now i have 3 times System in my control panel
and when i click it, i got 3 times different sizes oemlogo :/
anyone else got this?

btw, another cool fontsite i found recently is www.dafont.com/en
it has a really cool preview function!

Heres my custom sysdm.cpl i did this without the use of Oeminfo or Oemlogo.



Heres my custom Support info

i like that scubasteve , what font is that your using

if i modify sysdm.cpl and compress it back to sysdm.cp_ will windows say "cannot copy file" while installing?

u shuld cab it.not rar or zip.serach for cabmaker or some software which can make cab compression.

the font i used is battlefield ttf that you shouldnt have to much trouble finding.

if u edit the sysdm.cpl then use modifype which u can get from the unattended guide and use makecab to compress it.

i have been reading a lot of oem stuffs here and it is very helpful esp. for me who knows nothing but surfing and admiring those who knew too much about a lot of things like you guys. D;
i just wanna ask, after making ur own oem logo, the bmp & the ini, is it possible to install it automatically without the copy and paste thing? don't know the right term for it, if it is, could you pls post here how to do it.

@ojojpgee

search, search, and search some more.

I changed mine without using the oem files.

I believe there are a few links in this thread with all the information you are looking for.

good luck

I have used resource hacker to modify the sysdm.cpl , I point to dialog/101/1033 to drag the BMP file to larger size and then i saved all changes, but the when i press the Windows logo+Break to view resuilt, it only change one time just when i save, when i view again, it getback to original size.
I have modified sysdm.cpl again and save into another location then paste it into system32, but it not resize
anybody can help me more details
Im from Viet Nam
Thank you

wow wery nice

But i have problem with oemlogo
My oemlogo is big 162x172 and when i put oemlogo i see in 2part,why?
P.S i edit sysdmm.cpl but windows undo my changes.why?
HELP

The way I did the job:

used resource hacker > open sysdm.cpl

[Support information/bmp]
Action menu> add new resource
your [support bmp] >name=SUPPORT and language 1033 or whatever your language is. (mine 1043)

right now navigate to dialog 102
add this code and delete old

CONTROL "SUPPORT", 51, STATIC, SS_BITMAP | SS_CENTERIMAGE | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 65535, 2, 237, 97
CONTROL "OK", 1, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 206, 83, 26, 12

--done--

[oemlogo.bmp]
CONTROL "", 62, STATIC, SS_BITMAP | SS_CENTERIMAGE | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 12, 65533, 334, 172

(edit size etcc---press compile script to preview--)

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oww
right your question
you see don't sse it in one part because you need to delete the entry in dialog 101 of Bitmap 1 (just delete it)

I TRIED ABOVE. NOT WORKING
TRY INSTEAD
C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$OEM$\$$\System32\

I EVEN NOT TRY THIS TOO, BUT I FOUND THIS ON MICROSOFT SITE

what do you think of this, don't forget to add in your winnt.sif file this:

[Unattended]
OemPreinstall=Yes

hey Folks

i been following this topic i think you cann call it.

well i just wanted to show you all mine that i made well here is the pic



i hope you all like it
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@muiz thankyou 4 the wake up call i hope that this is better. and how can u tell.......

@narcarsiss Nice illegal version, you better whipe that out

The number that was showing

zecompadre where is the example you are refereing to?

Hi All !

I want to scream.... I have followed all the directions.. to the letter.

Used resource hacker to load sysdm.cpl. I them went to Dialogue, 101, 1033 and deleted the top BMP place holder, streched the bottom one to the proper size. All is well so far.

I them went and press the compile script button, then I go to file, save. So far so good.

If I leave resource hacker running and hit windows+break, it shows up properly. BUT, as soon as I exit resource hacker.... it all returns to normal.

AGGGHHH !!!!

I even went and saved somewhere else and copied the file into the system32 folder, but still nothing.

Could someone please help me out and explain what I am doing wrong ???

Thanks !

Combat Smurf

Does someone know where to get some good Windows XP logo's (alpha channel prefered)?
It needs to be a good quality (I want to use it for oemlogo.bmp)
Thanks in advance and this is a really usefull topic!

I have this! And offcourse you are free to dl it



but you have to save as BMP format

Just out of curiosity has anybody tried an animated oemlogo?

I am unsure as to whether or not we can have animated bmp files, i know we can have animated gif

i think its possible.. if u look at the latest transformation oack, the system properties there has an animated logo..

i Have The Same Problem

can any one help please

Same Problem

Please any one have sysdm Modified and working well please upload it

please help

First copy sysdm32.cpl to %systemroot%\system32\dllcache and when a window pops up about restoring the file from cd press NO and copy sysdm32.cpl to %systemroot%\system32

i Cant Find dllcache ???

here is my sysdm file

please help

dllcache is a hidden folder.. Start -> Run -> "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache"

i still have the same problem

i dont know what is wrong i do

if u can upload sysdm file that modified and works i will be very glad

i will attach the photo which i wanna to be shown at system properties

thanks a lot

sorry

here is my logo i wanna to add

http://www.freewebtown.com/mohamedyousri/oemlogo.bmp

Replacer can replace system files..

@MohamedYousri : You dont want my sysdm.cpl because it is swedish.

ok i will try it

i have another question

if i cab the file sysdm.cpl and add it to I386 after modifying it

will it work fine after windows setup ????

First modifype sysdm.cpl and then cab it and replace it in i386 on the cd

http://img128.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=l..._Untitled_1.jpg

Just thought I could show you mine.

big surprise kels!

very nice tho

how do i make the support button visible without oeminfo.ini??

i tried unsetting WS_DISABLE for the button but that didn't work.


here's mine, but i'd still like an answer to my question if anybody knows.

heer is mine.. the XP DVD i compiled ..labled Gold Edition

that's really nice.

would you mind sharing that cpl?

heer u go..

http://d.turboupload.com/d/658359/sysdm.cpl.html

PS : dows anyone knws how to edit the support information box.. i ahve seen sum ppl are able to put bitmaps in theer..

THX

i can't believe you need any help at all after making that masterpiece, but here ya go

oh yah! and big thanks for the cpl, i'm gonna take a look at your code!

thx.. well dont get time to play around more.. with codes .. got exams and stuffs..

and thx for that infor ..i think i saw that in the begining of the thread

thx again

sorry but i want to know how can i adjust the other how do yoy call it other tabs in size