[JASpurrier3]

Why can't Windows Text Setup be changed from Blue? I have searched around and all I found what that Winnt.exe was "rehashed" or "obfusticated". What do these terms mean, it there anyway possible to change the blue color?

I am really interested.

Thanks for your input.

-JASpurrier3

[keytotime]

Nobody's been able to solve it. So you can't change it.

[laurens]

It is possible! About a year ago i download Windows MCE and this version has the name of the warez group in it. in the text setup i mean so it is possible

[n7Epsilon]

You mean obfuscated ?

That means that the code inside WINNT.EXE has been changed in such a way that reverse-engineering it will either fail or produce incomprehensible results....

Google for Code Obfuscation to understand more...

But it would be cool if solved though, then we can have REALLY customized Windows versions...

[Martijn]

laurens, on Dec 15 2005, 01:21 PM, said:

It is possible! About a year ago i download Windows MCE and this version has the name of the warez group in it. in the text setup i mean so it is possible

Let me guess, in the License file?

[laurens]

Martijn, on Dec 15 2005, 01:26 PM, said:

laurens, on Dec 15 2005, 01:21 PM, said:

It is possible! About a year ago i download Windows MCE and this version has the name of the warez group in it. in the text setup i mean so it is possible

Let me guess, in the License file?

no im not stupid
i mean the bleu setup.

[Innocent Devil]

i thin kthe Blue setup screens and texts are coming frm the I386\System32\smss.exe & NTDLL.DLL
winnt.exe has nothing to do with it
it just copies the install files in DOS and reboot the PC
then the setup (textmode) is handled by SMSS.exe and NTDLL.dll
check them with reshacker
i havnt tried to edit those , sometimes may work ??

[anoxan]

I just went through ntdll.dll and nothing for bitmaps

smss.exe has two bitmaps that I can't see...and it looks like all of the setup text..

now, if someone could tell me how to see bitmaps 601 and 602, this mystery may be solved! maybe it's like the boot screen and needs a certain color pallet to see?

am I the only one who wants a red txt setup?

edit: the boot screen color pallet didn't work

man, if only I knew the right person in ms..

This post has been edited by anoxan: 23 December 2005 - 10:32 PM

[Gouki]

LOL. I would also change that ugly blue. Maybe something like red, like anoxan said.

[Martijn]

reminds me of the RSOD of Longhorn (Red Screen Of Death)

[Gouki]

Well, at least it would remind us of something new, and not that old Blue who was been around since Windows 95 (?).

[Synapse]

got the color blue from a screenshot, the hex color is 00 00 AA
(R:00 G:00 B: 170)

did a search in the winnt.exe for Hex 0000AA and no result.. did a search in ntdll.dll and got too many, so if the color was more unique i could get it.

unless i remade an iso and checked it about 50 times i don't know of a way to find this.. and with no garuntee that the ntdll.dll is even the file that has to be modified.

[HyperHacker]

Windows generally stores colours as BGR, so try AA0000.

[Martijn]

HyperHacker, on Jan 2 2006, 09:53 AM, said:

Windows generally stores colours as BGR, so try AA0000.

Why does it store them like that?

[anoxan]

three instances of AA0000 in winnt.exe...better than 0, and better than 50

edit: far too many instances in ntdll.dll... :/

This post has been edited by anoxan: 02 January 2006 - 04:16 PM

[thorus]

I try too with a hexa editor but.....nothing.
Why should be so hard to change an ordinary text / colour when are so many ways to change advanced dll's ?

[HyperHacker]

Martijn, on Jan 2 2006, 03:03 AM, said:

HyperHacker, on Jan 2 2006, 09:53 AM, said:

Windows generally stores colours as BGR, so try AA0000.

Why does it store them like that?

Eh, don't ask me. That's just how x86 CPUs generally handle things.

You guys are talking about the part where you read the license, make partitions, etc? That appears to be some sort of text-based environment. It probably doesn't use any bitmaps; may even just be the 16 colours you get in older programs like QBasic.