Modifying WinXp

[Wolfgang]

Hi fellow CS'ers;

Just wanted to ask ard and see if anyone knows if there are any free programs available to tweak or to modify the GUI/startscreen of WinXp?

Kindly advise.

Cheers!

 

[Darren]

If you are talking about WinXP themes, try www.themexp.org.

There are a few freeware utilities there to change GUI, but the best is not free - I have tried StyleXP but didn't bother to register/pay the shareware, so after the trial, I uninstalled it.

 

[mahler]

Originally posted by Wolfgang
Hi fellow CS'ers;

Just wanted to ask ard and see if anyone knows if there are any free programs available to tweak or to modify the GUI/startscreen of WinXp?

Kindly advise.

Cheers!

You might be able to find something here:
http://tweakxp.com/

 

[Wolfgang]

Hmm.. if only there was a free version of style xp available... :bheart: ;p

But thanks for the links Darren/Mahler.

 

[Wolfgang]

Just tried to change my boot screen on my laptop and my own laptop refused to start... now doing sys recovery... :bheart: :cry:

Are we not meant to change ot login/boot screens for WinXP installed in Laptops? :dunno:

 

[Larry]

Originally posted by Wolfgang
Are we not meant to change ot login/boot screens for WinXP installed in Laptops? :dunno:

hey i was just wondering about that too... been using the default yuckky graphic from my laptop, too lazy/busy to get down to it...

 

[pegasus1010]

boot screen can be changed. search for this term logonui.

 

[Wolfgang]

Laptop's login screen for win xp pro can be changed but not the bootup screen right?

 

[xeno]

Originally posted by Wolfgang
Laptop's login screen for win xp pro can be changed but not the bootup screen right?

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=753

 

[ChObiTs]

I am sure the xptweak can be crack rite ... so dun need to play isnt it

 

[rahjinoh]

Originally posted by Wolfgang
Laptop's login screen for win xp pro can be changed but not the bootup screen right?

Actually you can
the bootup screen is a 640 x 480 256 color bitmap within ntoskrnl.exe

Resource edit the file and replace the bitmap.

not recommended for the inexperienced

Can view how to here

http://www.virtualplastic.net/html/logo_scr.html#xpboot

change the scrolling bar's color too.

Using Windows 2003 now but never try, so dun try on windows 2003 yet...