Showing posts with label Change Win XP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Change Win XP. Show all posts
Saturday, 12 January 2013
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Saturday, 5 January 2013
Skip the welcome screen
You can choose to log into Windows automatically and bypass the
welcome screen by making a simple tweak.
To do this, choose 'Start |
Run' and enter control userpasswords2 into the 'Open' bar. Click 'OK'
to
see a dialog showing each user installed on the PC.
Clear the
box marked 'Users must enter a user name...
Saturday, 5 January 2013 0
Change Orginal Desktop Wallpaper
Go to run, type regedit press ok.
when that comes up go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Control Panel>Desktop
Now find the orginalwallpaper, right click and select modify.
In the text box type the path to the file you want to be your orginal desktop wallpaper.
There ya go!
Desktop icons text background transparent
Control Panel / System / Advanced / Performance Tab / Settings Button and put...
Change Internet Explorer Logo
1. Click Start > Run > Type gpedit.msc2. Click User Configuration > Windows Setting > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Browser User erface3. Double click on Custom Logo4. Click on Customize The Static Logo Bitmaps5. Click on Browse...6. Browser for your new Logo7. click Ok8. An error will popup...
Logon and Shutdown Theme
The colors it uses are at the following:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors
The Window and Font Sizes are at the following:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
The way i did it is getting my desktop to look like i wanted the logon and
shutdown screens to look and export the keys...
Friday, 4 January 2013
Associate an icon with a drive
To set the icon of any drive (hard disk, cd rom or anything else) with a letter (C:\ etc.), run REGEDIT (Start -> Run -> regedit)Navigate to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ExplorerIf one doesn't already exist, create a new KEY called "DriveIcons". Under this key, create a new key with the letter of your drive.I.e. C for your C:\ drive.To change the icon for...
Friday, 4 January 2013 0
Change Browser Toolbar Background
XP Professional1. Click Start > Run > Type gpedit.msc2. Click User Configuration > Windows Setting > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Browser User Interface3. Double click on Browser Toolbar Customization4. Click on Customize Toolbar Background Bitmap5. Browse for the new BackgroundXP Home Edition1. Click Start > Run, type: regedit2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet...
Change the Logon Background Color
1. Click Start > click Run > type regedit > and click OK.2. Navigate to the following registry key:HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors3. In the details pane (right-side), double-click the Background string value item.4. Change the value to a 3 number RGB value, and then click OK .You have now changed the logon background color.NOTE: I went looking for this registry key after using...
Reboot or shut down PC quickly
Here's how you can set up a restart button on your desktop:1. Create a shortcut (Right-click on desktop, select New > Shortcut).2. For location, type the following:shutdown -r -t 03. Click Next, enter a name for the shortcut ("Restart" is appropriate), and click Finish.When you click your Restart shortcut, Windows XP will reboot *automagically*!The "-r" switch tells XP to reboot. If you'd...
Rename the Recycle Bin
Open up your favorite plain text editor (notepad, for example) and copy the following text into a new file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000Now...
Picture next to your name on the Start Menu
You can easily manage that group of pictures:1. Go to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures" (note "Application Data is a hidden folder)2. Delete any User Pictures you do not want or use3. Add in any of your own 48x48 pixel images (bmp, gif, jpg, or png) you want as user pictures.Now the User Accounts control panel...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Change the start button name
Navigate to your windows or winnt directory.Make a copy of explorer.exe put it somewhere safe. make another copy name it explorer1.exe, put it in the windows directory.Download a version of a Hex editor on a freeware site.Open up explorer1.exe in the Hex editor .Search for strings named StartHeres some help with the offsets:Windows 98Offset: 0x00028D6E - 0x00028D76Windows NT4Offset: 0x00028BEE -...
Thursday, 3 January 2013 0
Change your Welcome (login) Screen
1. Make a backup copy of C:\windows\system32\logonui.exe2. Overwrite the file with your new login screen. (be sure to use the same file name as the old logonui.exe)3. If you ever want to revert back to the old login screen, just overwrite C:\windows\system32\logonui.exe with your backup.Enjoy!Some edits and supplementsWindows System File Protection will not allow to override the file unless...
Change Windows XP Logon Screensaver
To change the logon screen saver, follow these steps.WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly....
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
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