UxTheme Hex Edits

[Denney]

UxTheme Hacks for major versions of Windows:

Windows XP Vanilla:

At offset (0000B6BB) change:

81 EC 80 00 00 00 56 57

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Windows XP SP1 (1106):

At offset (0000C3FF) change:

81 EC 80 00 00 00 56 57

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Windows XP SP2 (2055):

At offset (00027F5D) change:

81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 D8

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Windows XP SP2 (2082):

At offset (0002A3BA) change:

81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 DC

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Windows XP SP2 RC1 (2096):

At offset (0000FF28) change:

81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 7C

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Windows XP SP2 RC2 (2149):

At offset (00015086) change:

81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 24

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Windows XP SP2 (2162):

At offset (00010C6A) change:

81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 14

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Windows XP SP2 RTM (2180):

At offset (0001BB8C) change:

81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 18

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Windows Server 2003 RTM (3790):

At offset (00021BEB) change:

81 EC 84 00 00 00 A1 2C

to:

33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

I'll try to keep this list updated with all the UxTheme hex edits as versions of Windows appear. If you have any other hacks for other versions, PM me and I'll add them to this list.

Maybe make this a sticky?

Update:

15 July: Added XP SP2 Build 2162.

07 August: Added XP SP2 RTM Build 2180.

[enuffsaid]

removed

[nuhi]

This is very useful for someone who wants to make a generic hacking machine...someone

Thx

[Denney]

If anyone can supply me with the ORIGINAL uxtheme.dll files for the following versions of Windows XP, I'll add them to the list:

XP SP2 build 1154
XP SP2 build 1185
XP SP2 build 1204
XP SP2 build 1213
XP SP2 build 1224
XP SP2 build 2108
XP SP2 build 2111
XP SP2 build 2120
XP SP2 build 2126
XP SP2 build 2135
XP SP2 build 2138
XP SP2 build 2142
XP SP2 build 2144

W2k3 SP1 build 1069
W2k3 SP1 build 1069 AMD64
W2k3 SP1 build 1137
W2k3 SP1 build 1159
W2k3 SP1 build 1159 AMD64
W2k3 SP1 build 1184

[Denney]

Update:

15 July: Added XP SP2 Build 2162.

[nam265]

Looking for Build 2180 as the Final RTM of SP2

Anyone?

[FlyingHorse]

Perhaps this is it?

XP SP2 RTM (Build 2180)

Offset : 0x0001BB8C
Replace: 81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 18
With   : 33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Seems to work for me. Do you have a particular theme to try?

[Gism0]

http://upload.tastyspoon.com/uploads/200408/uxtheme.dll

confirmed to be working

[Denney]

Added XP SP2 Final (2180)

[Kanel]

Perhaps this is it?

XP SP2 RTM (Build 2180)

Offset : 0x0001BB8C
Replace: 81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 18
With   : 33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00

Seems to work for me. Do you have a particular theme to try?

Works just as expected, thank you!

[jaclaz]

Maybe this could be of help:

he UXTheme Multi-Patcher v1.5 has been created for Neowin by WindowsX and Vorte[x].

It patches the UXTheme.dll for Windows XP/SP1/SP2 Beta and 2003 and allows you to use un-signed custom visual styles.

To simply patch the UXTheme.dll file, run the program, it will determine your operating system, then patch the appropriate file and reboot your PC.

To un-patch the UXTheme.dll file, run the program again, and it will un-patch the .dll and then reboot your PC.

More info and D/L here:

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707

http://themes.belchfire.net/index.php?showtopic=8767

jaclaz

[nolookingca]

that seems to be for SP2 beta...wonder if it'll work

[nolookingca]

Here's a quick patcher to use with build 2180 (RTM). This is tested to work. The uxtheme.dll in here is from another post on MSFN.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR (ME) IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THIS MAY CAUSE.

Note: because this is just a self-extracting archive file containing replacer and some other stuff with autorun set, you can just extract it, remove the uxtheme related files and it's the latest beta version of replacer.

Download Here

[sleepnmojo]

I haven't seen this anywhere, and no patching tool that I have seen can get this file, so I did this on my own.

From KB319740

[b]Windows XP SP2 (2523):[/b]
At offset (00019A7C) change:
[code]81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 18[/code]
to:
[code]33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00[/code]