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Right for the moment im not gonna add the ability to disable os's... - This would mean alot of images and image manipulation in the program - Unless i have a listview instead of images for a list of the supported Os's Later, Chris.

What 1's Better for the final layout? Or Thanks, Chris.

Yeh, i agree. I will only make it work for the os's that are most popular.... 98,2000,XP Pro,Server 2003 Advanced Will they do or is there another popular OS's that people want? -- DO any VB coders know how to get .png support? Later, Chris.

Sorry for 3 posts in a row - but im soo excited about this project and ive got more stuff to ask.. What kind of tools should be included in it and how should the skins work - ? lots of diffrent images or somthign else? Also im considering moving this project to vs.net (Visual Basic .net) as it is much more powerful - but is it possible to intergrate the .net framework into windows pe? Thanks Alot, Christopher.

Thanks for the offer - but for now, here will do - but if you don't mind, a newsgroup will be nice ... I havent started to think about beta testers yet but when i get around to it ill make sure your one of them. If anyone else wants to be a beta tester just say so - it would be helpful if you are on msn though, btw.. I will add all the OS's people want so if you lot want NT4, ill add it..... Thanks, Chris.

Thanks! The reason it looks sooo crappy in the pic is because i compressed it to .jpg... In the program it looks fine.. Im glad soo many people are intrested in the project .... Does anyone have a soloution to run windows 95,98 or ME setup? I thought we could put a autoexec on the C:\ Drive that launch's setup when they reboot? - Is this possible. Also what operating Systems am i missing from the program or what os's should or shouldnt i include>>>> Im gonna make the INI file configurable so u configure what os's the program shoiws: Somthing like this.. [DISPLAY] 95=off (or on) 98=on etc... So u can just choose what os's you want the program to display. Im not sure what to do with the graphics at the moment as i need them to have transparency - but only .GIF supports this, but if i use GIF i loose the quality of the images (like in the screenshots)....So for now ive used .GIF for the option buttons witch need to be transparent and ive used .JPG for the rest, witch seems a bit messy to me. I really want to use .PNG for them - but visual basic dosent support this format.. hmm.. What to do? any ideas - i might have to get a class for VB that supports PNG so i can use them...... Im at school now i will be back later, Please post your ideas and comments, and thanks for the encouragement! Later, Chris.

Havent figured that bit out yet! Later, Chris.

UPDATE: Private Beta Is Now Skinable Got any more ideas? Tell me! Later, Chris.

No. You will set it as the shell that loads with windows pe Later, Chris.

diagnostics? Later, Chris. Like the normal WinPE itself. Or is it soley going to be just the install shell.exe? Just the shell exe for the Moment... If people like this and it gets popular enough i will do it the other way.. I just tested it and the graphics look feckin great!!! Later, Chris.

Phew... Lucky i made the program and all the graphics to 800 * 600! Thanks likuidkewl, Chris.

Can anyone tell me the default screen resolution in pe? Thanks alot, Chris.

diagnostics? Later, Chris.

Wow! So many replys in a small time! - Thanks for the comments btw... Skins is a good idea... Hmmm... Wouldnt be to hard either... Ill make the whole thing 1 image so you just replace the image...... Anyone got any ideas for the project? Later, Chris.

lol... Cool Later, Chris

Why not remove them manually? Or make a batch file? Later, Chris

Try doing them under local machine - ive had a look in the reg and they *Should* work.. If it dosent work, don't go shouting at me tho! Later, Chris.

Dammit! I done a typo on Witch on the poll Later, Chris.

Hey fellow pe'ers. I'm glad to announce that me and EvilVoice are creating a new shell for windows pe. This shell will run via 1 exe and allow you to install any operating system. Its name will be'Windows PE Operating System Installation Edition' - WPE OSI for short. It has been decided that the paths to the setup.exe's for the os's will be stored in an ini file. Anyway - Ill get to the point.. I want you guys to help me and tell me weather the blue or grey layout is better: OR I personally prefer grey, but some of my friends prefer blue! Please help me! Witch is better? I will post news on the project as it developes. Thanks Alot, Chris.

Yeh.... I agree - weird problem your having tho..... Later, Chris.

[sarcastic]Oh .... Oh well that must mean i wasnt trying to help then![/sarcastic] Later, Chris.

... I Don't know then - sorry! Later, Chris!

Oh i forgot: Heres the reg file to do this auto - just copy this stuff to notepad and save it as anything.reg, then open it and load it into the registry! Heres the reg file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Themes\Start dword:00000004] "Start"=dword:00000004 Hope this helps *more* Later, Chris.

I Know *Raises Hand*... Change this value and it will disable the themes service(Visual Affects) from the registry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Themes\] Key: Start Type: dword Value: 00000004 Hope this helps , Chris!

hmm. Maybe check that all your regional and language options are set right? Later, Chris.