Windows 7 Theme & Resource Mods

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  1. genuine555

    genuine555 MDL Expert

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    #1 genuine555, Nov 16, 2009
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  2. genuine555

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    #2 genuine555, Nov 16, 2009
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    Example Windows logo & OEM information :

    winlogo&oeminfo.jpg



    Example Menubar Background change :

    P1oZchp.png



    Example Details Pane on Top :

    fq8eM7w.png



    Example Remove User Picture from Start Menu :

    w7smupr.jpg



    Example Change Logon Screen :

    tweakslogonss2.jpg
     
  3. santoshcoolhere

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    #3 santoshcoolhere, Nov 16, 2009
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    Wow awesome thread...........should be a sticky..............:)
     
  4. bambara

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    Excellent work :) Very informative and useful. Some more screenshots examples would be great.
     
  5. genuine555

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    #5 genuine555, Nov 16, 2009
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    More screens have been added, as well as a guide to change media center background ;)
     
  6. Pliskin

    Pliskin MDL Member

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    Yeah good one!
    Some nice visualtweaks thar i didn't know before.


    Thank you!


    btw. OVA6 is fu**ing nice!
    ... oh, nooo my legs were chopped off!! Oh, no wait! i'm acually fine XD
     
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  7. ozzyboy

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    Congratulations genuine555. Amazing treath!! Many good staff here. :rolleyes:
     
  8. genuine555

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    Hope it will be of use :)

    Added a guide to remove/change the Legitimate logo in system properties,
    with thanx to gersma for putting me up to this.
     
  9. Pissa

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    #9 Pissa, Nov 16, 2009
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    Fantastic! Thank you! ;)


    EDIT: can someone upload on other mirrors? :eek:
     
  10. genuine555

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    I will upload them on a backup mirror now.
     
  11. Claysoft65

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    I'd like to add that you can use a personalized LogonScreen even without using an external program :
    Open up the registry editor and browse to the following key:

    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

    Create a new dword value called "OEMBackground"

    0= Disabled
    1= Enabled

    Enabling it, the system will look for a file : BackgroundDefault.jpg
    (The image filesize cannot be larger than 256 KB [24 bit] )
    Into this folder :

    C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\Backgrounds

    The image BackgroundDefault.jpg will be stretched or shrinked for every different resolution you're using, so, if you
    want to have a "perfect matching" image, you can put in that folder other images named in this way :

    background768x1280.jpg
    background768x1360.jpg
    background900x1440.jpg
    background960x1280.jpg
    background1024x1280.jpg
    background1280x1024.jpg
    background1024x768.jpg
    background1280x960.jpg
    background1600x1200.jpg
    background1440x900.jpg
    background1920x1200.jpg
    background1280x768.jpg
    background1360x768.jpg
    (All of them cannot have a filesize larger than 256 KB [24 bit] )

    Only this names are allowed (so, only for this exact resolutions you'll have the image that you added), o else
    the system will use anyway the BackgroundDefault.jpg.(so you need to add this one anyway...)

    Besides that, if you're going to modify the file imageres.dll for the icons, you can add them directly to it,
    so that the only thing you need will be the RegKey "OEMBackground"="1".
    You can find them into the Resources folder "IMAGE", values from 5031 till 5043.

    Clay
     
  12. exo-dan

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    good stuff....thank you very much!
     
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  13. genuine555

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    For people who like to change their icons without iconpackager or TuneUp or similar app, there are a few dll files that contain most windows icons.

    The most important dll files containing icons are :

    shell32.dll -> Windows Shell Common Dll (306 icons)
    imageres.dll -> Windows Image Resource (218 icons)
    wmploc.DLL -> Windows Media Player Resources (208 icons)
    netshell.dll -> Network Connections Shell (164 icons)
    mmcndmgr.dll -> MMC Node Manager DLL (129 icons)
    moricons.dll -> Windows NT Setup Icon Resources Library (113 icons)
    ieframe.dll -> Internet Browser (105 icons)
    compstui.dll -> Common Property Sheet User Interface DLL (101 icons)
    DDORes.dll -> Device Category information and resources (81 icons)
    pnidui.dll -> Network System Icon (59 icons)

    imageres.dll and shell32.dll contain most of the explorer folder icons (shell32.dll has the folder icons for open/save dialogs).

    Added this info to first post under point 7 as well.
     
  14. MrFerretKing

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    Great tweak list Genuine.

    I already had quite a few of those listed but I noticed some cool ones I had not yet seen.
    Glad you compiled a list of many instead of one here and one there all in different threads.
     
  15. Airclocker

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    hi, can you please help me wit the biostar p4m900 m7 se mod for windows 7-phoenix awardbios v6.00 ver.1
     
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  16. Bulldog

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    I think it will be a good idea to include the dll file to be hack for the Control Panel especially to those who wish to change some of the ugly icons in the Control Panel.....I have been hunting high and low for the dll file that house the icon for that "Fonts" icons but to no avail.... ( The one with the the letter A in the ugly yellow folder)...

    Anyone who knows where this ugly monster is hiding.....please let me know...:D
     
  17. genuine555

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    That would be in the imageres.dll file. located somewhere among the last 50 or so...

    Read mod number 7. it is all explained there. Location of the file :

    %windir%\system32\imageres.dll
     
  18. MidnightStream

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    Hi, what is the program that you used for the dock at the top in the logon changer screenshot?
     
  19. genuine555

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    It's no program bro. Made it myself by modifying the wallpaper with gimp2, and making the icons...