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#1 User is offline   lieblingsbesuch 

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Posted 10 August 2004 - 06:10 AM

hi,

i want to change the little picture in "my computer"

(you can see it when you right click "my computer" select properties and look under the screen with the ms-sign on it)

can anybody say me which dll or exe it contains? it's not in ntoskrnl.exe and not in msgina.dll :)(


thx


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Posted 10 August 2004 - 06:22 AM

Could you provide us with a screengrab?

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Posted 10 August 2004 - 06:25 AM

yes. but you see, there's nothing, cuz i have an nlited winver.

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Posted 10 August 2004 - 06:26 AM

Here:

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Posted 10 August 2004 - 06:31 AM

do you mean this picture ... itīs in c:\windows\system32\sysdm.cpl (bitmap 1033)

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Posted 10 August 2004 - 06:56 AM

thx men...worked fine!

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Posted 10 August 2004 - 08:41 AM

he was talking about the place where HP normally puts their logo and support information. I'm guessing he wants to add his own.

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Posted 10 August 2004 - 11:13 AM

zbeta, on Aug 10 2004, 03:31 PM, said:

do you mean this picture ... itīs  in c:\windows\system32\sysdm.cpl (bitmap 1033)

Great finding! I didn't know that. I think it's the whole applet of System Properties.

Have you played with it?

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Posted 10 August 2004 - 04:09 PM

yes i did .. hehe take a look ^^

icons: crystalXP

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 03:59 AM

zbeta, on Aug 11 2004, 01:09 AM, said:

yes i did ..  hehe take a look ^^

icons: crystalXP

WOW! COOL!

One more question: Are there certain specs for that pic to work fine? I mean: width, height, density, jpg, bmp, etc..?

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 04:53 AM

@zbeta: what progrma did u use to edit sysdm.cpl
I tried with Reshacker. I manage to replace the bitmap, I save the file, but when i reopen it it's the old file with the old bitmap :)

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 01:19 PM

@mazin .. make sure its have the same size as the original pic ... the pic must be in bmp format! that's it!

@gabriel_buc .. i use Resource Hacker too. What you do is that you first make a backup of the current sysdm.cpl in windows/system32 and you restart your computer and boot in to the Windows XP installation cd. When you reach the first prompt, press "R" for recovery console. When inside the console, you copy your new sysdm.cpl to the windows/system32 folder and overwrite the existing sysdm.cpl

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 01:29 PM

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try.

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 06:49 PM

Is there a way to change the picture through a XP uA CD? A regtweak, a .ini or a plane ol' batch file/command? :)

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 06:52 PM

Hehe, like your system-applet's new look zbeta! :)

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 07:16 PM

xb00t, on Aug 11 2004, 06:49 PM, said:

Is there a way to change the picture through a XP uA CD? A regtweak, a .ini or a plane ol' batch file/command? :rolleyes:

you can try to modify the .cpl file, cab it and use modpe to pass over WFP... i guess

offtopic: nice avatar i really like gg dag too :)

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  Posted 11 August 2004 - 07:23 PM

SiMoNsAyS, on Aug 11 2004, 07:16 PM, said:

xb00t, on Aug 11 2004, 06:49 PM, said:

Is there a way to change the picture through a XP uA CD? A regtweak, a .ini or a plane ol' batch file/command? :D

you can try to modify the .cpl file, cab it and use modpe to pass over WFP... i guess

offtopic: nice avatar i really like gg dag too :rolleyes:

OK... first thing's first. How do I "modpe" the "WFP"? And what are they? :) And where can I locate the .cpl in the XPCD since I want to make the pic be installed as the default My Computer/Properties pic. Do I cab it with a simple archiver such as WinRAR/StuffIt (I got those 2)?

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 07:39 PM

modpe is a program which you need so you can modify the file in such a way that they will be accepted by setup. If you just modify the *.cpl with Resource Hacker, then compress it with CabPack or MakeCAB then setup will reject the file and you will have no System-applet (or setup could halt, which would be even worse...) Check out the links to see what to do...

Hint: http://unattended.ms...acked_files.htm

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 07:46 PM

xolox, on Aug 11 2004, 07:39 PM, said:

modpe is a program which you need so you can modify the file in such a way that they will be accepted by setup. If you just modify the *.cpl with Resource Hacker, then compress it with CabPack or MakeCAB then setup will reject the file and you will have no System-applet (or setup could halt, which would be even worse...) Check out the links to see what to do...

Hint: http://unattended.ms...acked_files.htm

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Posted 11 August 2004 - 07:58 PM

Looks like he was asking about this (the pic in my attachment).
Look for the pic under "Manufactured and Supported By:".

If so, that's pretty simple - read this section of the guide:
OEM Info

If not, that's OK as well - today we've learnt a new hack. :)

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