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Quick Installation Instructions (for those who don't know) Extract logonui.exe from the rar file Rename it to something like logonuiEnergy.exe or anything besides logonui.exe Copy it to the c:\windows\system32 directory In the Run box, type regedit navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and double-click on the entry UIHost Now change the Value data to %windir%\\system32\logonuiEnergy.exe (or whatever name you chose for the new logonui.exe) Close the registry editor and push Window+L to test it out. No reboot necessary.

Well ...I tried installing each of those files I mentioned one at a time, along with everything else in XPize...and they all worked fine. I don't know what got messed up but it seemes to be fine now with everything in XPize installed (minus the boot screen again). Thanks for your help everyone!

The new laptop I bought has a 1.8 GHz Core Duo, 1.5 gb RAM, 667 MHz fsb, an nvidia geforce go 7300, and 5400 rpm hard drive. Before installing XPIZE it ran half-life 2 episode 1 at 60+ fps. After installing, it dropped to about 10 fps. Uninstalled, back up to 60+. The only thing I left out when I installed XPIZE was the boot screen. Has anyone encountered this, or know which file(s) I should tell the installer not to replace in order to avoid this issue? I love the look of XPIZE but that kind of performance hit is unacceptable. *Note: I haven't tried any other modern game, but performance in older games seems unaffected (pre 2002). EDIT: Yes, I tried reinstalling the game and my video drivers ^_^ EDIT#2: I have narrowed it down to either msxml3.dll, quartz.dll, or shlwapi.dll. Installing XPize without these files selected seems to have no adverse effects. Still testing...