Vishal Gupta

first thnx a lot for replying here I tried what u said, I created a new account but same thing, in this account too net connection icon and remove hardware icons are not displaying Its very irritating! And yes! it happened only due to CCleaner coz the problem started just after using it. After it I didnt install any other software...

Guys! I downloaded the latest CCleaner version and installed it. After cleaning the crap on my system using this s/w, I found a BIG problem in my computer. I found that some System tray icons, like net connection icon, USB drives icon are not showing in system tray All other icons r displayed, like avast! icon, spybot S&D icon, ZA icon, etc. But when I connect net, no icon is displayed in system tray. Same happens when I attach my Pen Drive, no icon is displayed in system tray! I didnt install ne other s/w after installing this new version of CCleaner.... I think it happened due to the Tray Notification Cache option of CCleaner. I checked this option while cleaning the crap. Now the problem is CCleaner has cleared these items and the problem has been started, now how can I get back my Net connection icon ( 2little computers in system tray) and the Remove hardware icon (when u insert USB drive) ? I hv done all the things, which I know, like 1.) I hv deleted both IconStreams and PastIconsStream keys. 2.) I hv also checked values of EnableAutoTray in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer is set to 0. 3.) The value of NoTrayItemsDisplay in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer is also set to 0. 4.) I also tried to replace systray.exe file with the new one extracted from XP CD but no benefit Now how can I get back these icons displaying again in system tray? Pls guys! tell me solutions... thnx in advance!

Sorry, I forgot to post here. But I got the file after few hours struggle. Its xpsp1res.dll file and the dialog box is 14352. thnx again for ur kind help

After several hours of R&D with several Login Screens, I finally got the Line, which causes to display the status messages. So here we go: The line lies in UIFILE section. If u scroll down in UIFILE section and reach to the <logonframe> section, u can see that all lines in this section set the positions of all panels, like TOP panel, Bottom panel, Left & Right panels. The LEFT PANEL is of our use. In those login screen, in which the status messages along with the text "Welcome" and "Click on the username to begin" are not displayed, the height of this panel is set to generally 1rp. Thats why the messages r not displayed. When I set it to 50rp by looking in a login screen which waqs displaying those status messages, "Welcome" and "click on username to begin" started to display. But status messages were still not displaying So I did some more R&D. and found that instruct itom was also set to 1rp. I set it to 380rp and voilla, status messages started to display. In some login screen Product item is also deleted from this panel, so u hv to add its entry for displaying the status messages. And in some login screen, Contentalign of Product and help is set to wrapright or topright, it also causes to not display the status mesages. So change them to middlecenter. So finally the conclusion is this, if we change the whole Leftpanel section's coding to following: <element id=atom(leftpanel) sheet=styleref(leftpanelss) layout=filllayout() height=50rp> <element id=atom(instruct) layoutpos=bottom content=rcstr(25) width=380rp/> <element id=atom(logoarea) layout=verticalflowlayout(0,3,3,2)> <element id=atom(product) contentalign=middlecenter padding=rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,0rp) background=argb(0,90,126,220)/> <element id=atom(help) contentalign=middlecenter width=0rp padding=rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,0rp)/> </element> <element id=atom(msgarea) layout=verticalflowlayout(0,0,2,2) height=50rp > <element layout=filllayout() width=380> <element id=atom(welcomeshadow) content=rcstr(7)/> <element id=atom(welcome) content=rcstr(7)/> </element> </element> </element> We can see the status messages without any problem.

thnx, i'll wait for ur reply.

Yeah! u r correct that we can disable/enable them in registry. But this problem is different. Suppose, I downloaded 2 login screens. One shows those messages and one not. Now what u say? I hv not disabled those status messages in registry. The problem is some login screen show them and some not. In LogonUI.exe file there is UIFILE directory, where we can set location of each item, like password box, shutdown text, etc. I think there must be a line which set the status messages location. Coz I hv seen in many login screens, some show them at TOP, some show them in center and some doesnt show them.

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No, u didnt get it. Lemme clear it again. I changed the look of the About Windows dialog box in shell32.dll file, saved it w/o ne problem (coz I hv disabled WFP service). When I restarted the comp, and checked the changes from Help -> About windows menu, it was showing the default dialog box not the changed one. Then I again opened shell32.dll file in resource hacker to check whether my changes hv been saved or not. It was showing my customized dialog box. So it means, the About windows dialog box of MCE is not contained in shell32.dll file but in a different one.

One more thing! I successfully changed the BITMAPs but when I tried to change the text in "About Windows" dialog box from shell32.dll file, after rebooting I didnt find any changes in the dialog box. I mean the changes were saved in the file, but when I tried to check the dialog box in My computer, its still showing the default text in dialog box. It means in MCE, the "About Windows" dialog box is also contained in some other file! Its not present in "winbrand.dll" Can u pls tell me about this also.

thnx a lot buddy! U really made my day. So stupid I'm. How can I ignored that file? Thnx again for such gr8 help...

Hi guys! I always wonder why Status messages, like: Saving your settings, Windows is shutting down, etc. are not displayed in some Login screens? I hv used many login screens, but in many login screens no status is displayed, when we log off/shut down computer. Only blank login screen image. Can neone tell me which line cause display of these status messages? why some ppl make these login screen, which doesnt display these messages? Is this some kind of limitation? thnx in advance!

Hi guys! I hv some confusions regarding to MCE 2005. First I can't find the "About Windows" BITMAP in shell32.dll I hv checked all bitmaps in shell32.dll, but didnt find the BITMAP which is shown in About Windows dialog box. It says Windows Media Center 2005. Second image is the Start button sidebar Image, it also says Windows Media Center 2005. I hv checked it in Explorer.exe file, but didnt find there. I hv checked many DLL & EXE files, but didnt find these images in any of them. Can nebody tell me the files, which contain these images? thnx in advance!

thnx guys! @victor_008 U can't change the ID but can change the key assigned to a particular item. For more information read following Microsoft article: ACCELERATORS Resource

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Afaik, Adding GIF images in a file using Resource hacker is impossible! But there is work-around. U can convert the GIF file into AVI files, or get ready-made AVI files from ne other system file, like shell32.dll, msgina.dll, etc. 1.) Then open the file, in which u want to add the animation in resource hacker. 2.) Add the AVI file using Action -> Add a new resource. 3.) Click on Open file with a new resource button. 4.) Select the AVI file and click on Open. 5.) In resource type give AVI; 6.) In resource name give any number, which is not present in the file. 7.) In language give 1033 for english. 8.) Now click on Add resource button. 9.) Now goto the dialog, in which u want to add the AVI file, right-click on the dialog box and select "Insert Control". 10.) Click on SysAnimate32. In Caption give the newly added AVI file name with # symbol. e.g., if u gave the name 180 to the AVI file, then give #180 in caption. 11.) Don't forget to select ACS_TRANSPARENT, ACS_AUTOPLAY. otherwise the AVI file will hv ugly background and will not play when u'll open the dialog box. 12.) Now u can change its location, length, width, etc. and finally compile the script and then save the file!

thnx guys for ur kind help! Here is what I did: 1.) Edit my MCE 2005 Setup with nLite FINAL version. ( and only nLite nothing else). 2.) created bootable cd using nLite. 3.) Installed XP using that CD. 4.) and faced the above mentioned problems! And I'm sure that the problems hv started after I used nLite RC7 or 8 (not sure). PS: I hv edited the same MCE 2005 version many times using nLite but never faced such problems!

These updates r stored in: C:\Windows\Software Distribution\Download Here C:\ is ur system drive, where u hv installed XP.

Can I expect a solution for my problem from nuhi the developer of this gr8 s/w ?

First thnx a lot for replying in this thread. Now i'll want to tell that I hv edited my MCE Setup many times using nLite w/o ne problem! The problem has been started since the RC 7 or 8 (I'm not sure). Actually I hv installed it many times on my comp after editing it with nLite. But now it has started giving problems to me. So its not related to Windows version but I'm sure there r some components which r causing these problems! So I want to know which r those components which I should not remove from my setup! And about activation I already told that windows update site also told me that my windows is not activated, so the problem is not related to WGA check of IE BETA.

53 Views & syill No Reply!!! I just logged in after 7 hours of posting this thread assuming that I'll get many replies and I'll be able to solve my problems but SAD! No reply... Pls guys! reply in this thread or is there no1 who can help me in this matter?

Hi guys! This is my first post in this forum. Actually I'm a very Old user of nLite and hv been using it since many months/years. Even I can't imagine installing Windows on comp w/o using nLite. I'm strating this thread bcoz I'm facing some problems using nLite. So lemme describe my problem! Whenever I'm editing my Windows XP MCE 2005 with SP2 Setup using nLite, everything goes OK and I successfully install Windows but after instaiing windows I face some problems: 1.) Many shortcuts in Start menu, like Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Notepad, Wordpad, Volume Control, Sound Recorder, etc. r not displayed! So i hv to manually add them. 2.) iexplore.exe & wmplayer.exe r automatiaclly HIDDEN & set to System files. 3.) Desktop tab in Display Properties is displayed but when i click on it, it disappear and Screen Saver tab comes on its place! 4.) And the Worst problem is that I can't activate my windows. Whenever I run the C:\Windows\System32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a command, nothing happens. I also tried some cracks available on net to check my Windows activation status, and they all displayed that Windows is already activated. But when I tried to install Internet Explorer 7 BETA, it gave me ERROR on the validation stage and when I tried to install updates, which ask for validation, site said that ur windows is not activated! The LOG file of nLite is as follows: Pls help me and tell me whats going wrong? Which applications I should not remove? thnx in advance!