[piXelatedEmpire]

benners, on Jul 5 2005, 08:48 PM, said:

I tend to keep a list of file modifications in a file along with the resources incase in future updates from MS add a new version, just makes it quicker and easier to re-add the "improvements" 

Just outta curiousity, what other files have you made improvements too?

[Lost Soul]

piXelatedEmpire, on Jul 6 2005, 08:07 AM, said:

benners, on Jul 5 2005, 08:48 PM, said:

I tend to keep a list of file modifications in a file along with the resources incase in future updates from MS add a new version, just makes it quicker and easier to re-add the "improvements" 

Just outta curiousity, what other files have you made improvements too?
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im kinda curious myself to see if you have anything altered that i havnt tried yet

[benners]

Nothing ground breaking, I used to edit a lot of text in dialog boxes, usual things like explorer.exe (Change Start Menu text , bitmaps and properties), winntbbu.dll, Shell32.dll (Most of Windows dialog boxes here), I removed the splash screen from CDR-Win.

I dont know if it is displayed but whilst looking through msgina.dll, dialog box 2210 (Shutdown Event Tracker)I found

Quote

"The computer got very poorly and decided to end it's own suffering.

on the dialog itself, must be Microsoft having a laugh

Attached File(s)

•  menu.jpg (21.34K)
  Number of downloads: 110

[Lost Soul]

benners, on Jul 6 2005, 12:29 PM, said:

Nothing ground breaking, I used to edit a lot of text in dialog boxes, usual things like explorer.exe (Change Start Menu text , bitmaps and properties), winntbbu.dll, Shell32.dll (Most of Windows dialog boxes here), I removed the splash screen from CDR-Win.

I dont know if it is displayed but whilst looking through msgina.dll, dialog box 2210 (Shutdown Event Tracker)I found

Quote

"The computer got very poorly and decided to end it's own suffering.

on the dialog itself, must be Microsoft having a laugh
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lol that is indeed interesting i tried once to edit out the msgina but no matter how i attacked the problem it still kept jumping into classic mode grr the agrivation lol

[bmn]

can some one post some nice pics for oemlogo

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Yeah I would like that also.

[bmn]

just found one.awsome collection.have a look at his guide for creating transperent logo

http://www.fortuneci...64/oemlogo.html

This post has been edited by bmn: 09 July 2005 - 04:52 AM

[benners]

Nice find

[bmn]

here is mine.
every thing is ok expect transperent back ground.i tried a lot of softwares to convert gif which is having transperent background to bmp.but no use
after conversion backgroung changes back to white.
any idea? how to overcome this
bmn

[benners]

Here is what I would do in Paint Shop Pro,

1 - File->New or Crtl+N to create a new image

2 - Set the dimensions, and click on the colour, this will open the Material Properties
window where you can select a colour of your choice. Set the RGB values to R 255 G 0 B 255 or just use the HTML code of #ff00ff.

3 - Open the image you want to use, use the selection tool with point to point as the selection type to cut around the image you want, you should then have a dotted line around the image, just add a feather of 1 to the image with CTRL+H this softens the edges a bit.

4 - Use CTRL+C to copy and goto the 1st image you created and select it, then CTRL+E to paste into that image then right click on the image to deselect

5 - Click on CTRL+SHIFT+3 to decrease colour depth to 256 and click ok.

6 - Finally F12 to Save As, and save as oemlogo.bmp

Hope this works, attached is your image with a transparent background took about 5 mins, gotta say this though after the link you posted previous with the T&A on it can't understand why you chose a flower

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•  oemlogo.zip (7.3K)
  Number of downloads: 565

[bmn]

thanks man.u solved my problem
why flower?
owowow iam not female .its just for testing only

one more.is it possible with adobe photoshop.

This post has been edited by bmn: 09 July 2005 - 08:52 AM

[benners]

bmn, on Jul 9 2005, 03:23 PM, said:

one more.is it possible with adobe photoshop.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Definately, Photoshop is more advanced than Paint Shop Pro but I have never used it so I am unable to instruct.

There is a web link I sometimes peruse and have got some useful info from Tutorgig.com there maybe something there

[Lost Soul]

benners, on Jul 9 2005, 10:15 AM, said:

Here is what I would do in Paint Shop Pro,

1 - File->New or Crtl+N to create a new image

2 - Set the dimensions, and click on the colour, this will open the Material Properties
window where you can select a colour of your choice. Set the RGB values to R 255 G 0 B 255 or just use the HTML code of #ff00ff.

3 - Open the image you want to use, use the selection tool with point to point as the selection type to cut around the image you want, you should then have a dotted line around the image, just add a feather of 1 to the image with CTRL+H this softens the edges a bit.

4 - Use CTRL+C to copy and goto the 1st image you created and select it, then CTRL+E to paste into that image then right click on the image to deselect

5 -  Click on CTRL+SHIFT+3 to decrease colour depth to 256 and click ok.

6 - Finally F12 to Save As, and save as oemlogo.bmp

Hope this works, attached is your image with a transparent background took about 5 mins, gotta say this though after the link you posted previous with the T&A on it can't understand why you chose a flower 
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thats a nice little tut that you typed up there benners,, just curious does it stay transparent with your method no matter what type of theme you use ?

and also when you enlarge the oem image to a large capacity,, lets say for example tht girl image you used that took up the whole side..

is the regular pc image thats there covered up ? or did you remove it ?

[benners]

Lost Soul, on Jul 10 2005, 05:10 PM, said:

thats a nice little tut that you typed up there benners,, just curious does it stay transparent with your method no matter what type of theme you use ?

and also when you enlarge the oem image to a large capacity,, lets say for example tht girl image you used that took up the whole side..

is the regular pc image thats there covered up ? or did you remove it ?
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Cheers
As Far as I have tested it the image has been transparent (only tested with windows default themes), as long as the image is 256 colours and the RGB values are as stated it sees the pinks as transparent.

The image with the monitor is still there just covered up, incase I want to tweak that, but I have deleted it in the past with no hiccups.

[bmn]

thanks benners.atlast i did it

selecting 255,0,255 did every thing
thanks once again

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[piXelatedEmpire]

Lost Soul, on Jul 11 2005, 02:10 AM, said:

is the regular pc image thats there covered up ? or did you remove it ?

I deleted mine, as well as altered the headings of the text, even repositioned them, without a hassle or any problems

[benners]

bmn, on Jul 11 2005, 06:23 AM, said:

thanks benners.atlast i did it

selecting 255,0,255 did every thing
thanks once again
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glad to see it, now make me proud and ditch the flower

[Lost Soul]

benners, on Jul 11 2005, 03:47 PM, said:

bmn, on Jul 11 2005, 06:23 AM, said:

thanks benners.atlast i did it

selecting 255,0,255 did every thing
thanks once again
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glad to see it, now make me proud and ditch the flower
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lmao benners you crack me up

[mau77]

I do all that, and i have my big oemlogo, but when i put a new oemlogo and oeminfo, all changes of the sysdm.cpl they undo.
Sorry for my english

[bmn]

edit ur sysdm.cpl first,and save it some where else.
and modify the resource(bitmap in sysdm.cpl)with respect to ur image size.