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NOTE: If you are facing problems while saving the file after editing in resource hacker, then make sure you have disabled WFP (Windows File Protection) service using WFP Patcher, it can be found in our "Download" section.
Also if you are getting error "Can't create file...", that means you have edited and saved the file in past and there is a backup file which need to be deleted before saving this file again. Go to "System32" folder and you'll see a file having "sysdm_original.cpl". Delete it and try to save the file in resource hacker.
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In this tutorial, I'll describe how to change the first tab "General" in System Properties dialog box. Following is a screenshot of the dialog box which will you get after following this hack:
1. I'm uploading some images, which will be required to add in dialog box. Download the ZIP file, extract it and you'll get 4 BMP files:
2. Open %windir%\System32\sysdm.cpl file in Resource hacker.
3. Now we have to replace existing 1.BMP file with the downloaded one. To do this:
a. Goto Bitmap -> 1 -> 1033.
b. Click on Action -> Replace Bitmap....
c. Click on Open file with new bitmap... button.
d. Select the new downloaded 1.BMP file and click on Open button.
e. finally click on Replace button.
4. Now we have to add remaining downloaded BMPs in the file. To do this:
a. Click on Action -> Add a new Resource ....
b. Click on Open file with a new resource... button.
c. select 4.BMP and click on Open button.
d. Give 4 in Resource Name and 1033 in Resource Language text boxes.
e. Finally click on Add Resource button.
5. Repeat 4th Step for other BMPs (5.BMP & 6.BMP) also. (Resource Name for 5.BMP & 6.BMP will be 5 & 6 respectively and Resource Language will be 1033 for both).
6. Now download following text file, open it and copy the contents, then goto Dialog -> 101 -> 1033 and replace existing code with the copied code:
7. Click on Compile Script button.
8. Now to change the text "Microsoft Windows XP" & "Version 2002" (or similar):
a. Goto: String Table -> 12 -> 1033.
b. Change the String in 180 to "Windows VISTA™ Ultimate Edition" & click on Compile Script button.
c. Similarly goto: String Table -> 13 -> 1033.
d. And change the String in 195 to "Hacked by : VISHAL GUPTA" (you can change "VISHAL GUPTA" with your name ) & click on Compile Script button.
9. At last Save the file and close Resource Hacker.
10. You can see an image in screenshot having "ask for Genuine Microsoft software" text. If you want to show it as well, then download following ZIP file, extract it and you'll get 2 files "OEMLogo.BMP" and "OEMInfo.INI". Copy both files to "%windir\System32\" folder:
11. That's it. We have done. Now you'll get the same look as shown in the screenshot. Enjoy...
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Asghar
Hello VG brov how r u ……. hope u ok
VG brov tell me abt how to edit sysdm file in ISO file is it possible and how …. i want to make some changes in winxp SP2 and editing ISO file of windows ????
Yep. Its possible. I’ll post a tutorial about it very soon.
Wating VG bhai
VG
^^ Here you go:
Link
baLaJi
hi vg,
this is one long notepad to you. so be free for a while for me. since i stumbled upon your deviantArt, i've gotten addicted to it. now it's worse than the vodka i drink occasionally. ha, ha, just jokin'.
i followed your tut on modding sysdm.cpl, explorer.exe and shell32.dll. the normal ways of adding a control, positioning it on the dialog and add other stuff goes well with me. but i've yet to learn a bit about finding and disabling a particular tab. say, the automatic updates or system restore tabs in the sysdm.cpl. but i doubt if any of the tabs that show up ('cept the general) are in the above file. i guess they're coded somewhere else. and if they are, where are they? i've tried hard searching but to no avail.
as of now my pc gets used by many people (including my cousins when they often visit us from down south). what i'd like would be to make available for them the whole system but when it comes to altering or modifying the theme setup and doing system wide changes, i'd not like anyone to be able to do so. and this would include altering the theme too (i've set up my theme to vista black as per your tut and thanx for that).
although there are you-know-well-what third-party appz that serve my purpose quite well, i hate employing any such. i completely avoided the vtp release and followed your tuts on xp>vista trans. the only appz i've integrated into my system (again as per your tut) are the styler toolbar and the qtaddressbar.
vg, i want to know one thing. is there any workaround to access back the registry once you disable it from within itself (DisableRegistryTools). obviusly, you're disabling regedit.exe from executing. and the only way to execute it would be to 0 back this keyword or delete it. xdn tweaker or xteq - please, no way!
the second thing's if i modify explorer.exe and shell32.dll and do an mfs_gray to user-level access to taskbar / start menu / clock / toolbar changes, is that going to affect my system someday when the wfp finds out i've been messing
baLaJi
hi vg,
sorry to bother again. i was just modding shell32.dll. i use reshack just as most of you guys. i dunno, but it has been almost three weeks since i last used it and in the meanwhile, other users @my home have installed at least a dozen or so av or gfx appz. the result is that they system32 folder has become bloated (almost nearing 1.5GB mark).
when i use reshack's file>open it pops a tiny fileOpen box that is just not resizable. now when i access the system32 folder and navigate to a particular file, reshack just sits waiting for that file to show up (takes quite a long, about 10-15 sec on the average). i'm also using flash, dreamweaver, photoshop, all msoffice appz, some games with file>open facility, and they don't show this delay when i access the syste32 folder thru them. is it reshack's limit in its design or something else.
i also thought of a possibility. you tell me if i'm correct or not. can the file>open dialog in reshack be made resizable? if not, can it be made bigger, say, at least 640x480? i've tried hacking reshack, but i just don't seem to understand the secret.
thanx and regards,
baLaJi
VG
Yep. Resource Hacker shows delay in opening file coz it searches for all dialog box, etc in the file. And the Open dialog box can't be resized.
Asghar
Thanx Alot VG u r love man
baLaJi
hi vg,
please don't say that man! it makes me
there must be some way to hack it. hey, i'll tell you something. i diassembled the reshacker exe. and i got something very useful. there were a lot of imports from kernel32, gdi32, &c. but the one i was looking for seems here.
Imp Addr Hint Import Name from comdlg32.dll - Not Bound
-------- ---- ------------------------------------------
000AF87C 0 ChooseFontA
000AF880 0 FindTextA
000AF884 0 GetSaveFileNameA
000AF888 0 GetOpenFileNameA
and then i tried hacking the comdlg32.dll. this stuff has dialogs @1547 and 1552 that're very interesting. the one at 1547 is not resizable but 1552 is the modern file>open dialog with the 'places bar' feature on its left side. but then i found out that there's no point in hacking the 1547 or even anything in this dll.
the easiest way would be to point the reshacker import locations (in this case, 000AF884 and 000AF888) to point to the location of the new file>open i.e. the location of dialog>1552. we don't need to reshack the reshack exe. instead i would like to use a hex editor to just change these values to the new file>dialog location. and i'd be honest enough to admit that
- i don't know how to find the location of the new file>dialog in comdlg32.dll
i already tried disassembling it but it wouldn't. to circumvent wfp, i made a copy of it and tried again. but i guess since it's a protected dll, microsoft had made sure that no one gets its code.
maybe you can do it. and i'm requesting you to help me out on this. call this my never-ending-itch but i badly need to accomplish it. i've mailed to angusjohnson about my requirement but i doubt if he'll find time enough to reply me personally. meanwhile, i'm trying out myself. i'll post if, if at all, i succeed.
cheers man!
VG
Sorry buddy but atm I have no time to look into this issue. but you can do one thing!
Open "comdlg32.dll" file in Resource Hacker and increase the dialog box size manually but you'll also have to increase text box size and change its position too.
baLaJi
it's quite alright considering that you'd have no time at all for this. maybe in the near future you could try this out. meanwhile, i'm trying this out at my end just as you said.
thanx and cheers!
william
Hello I have done what you have said to do and the vista globe is there but no other pictures are showing up. Can you help me out? I have put all the pictures in the system32 folder as you said. Please let me know ASP