logonui.exe sp2 help

[Lost Soul]

hi, im trying to hack the logonui.exe file by replaceing the images and i keep getting this error message can any body tell me why and why cant i replace any images or any thing ...

access violation at address 00402791 in module reshacker.exe write of address 0187C000

im not sure what im doing wrong,, any help would be very appreciated..

thanks

[Screemer]

Are you trying to hack the file live in the system or a file ripped out of the system?

If you are trying to hack a live systemfile I guess you should try to make a copy of it to somewere and then hack the copy..

[Lost Soul]

no im trying to hack the copy that came out of my i386 folder i expanded the cab and now im trying to hack it before i modyfype it and recab it,, any ideals what im doing wrong ?

[Randy Rhoads]

You need to decrease the color of the bmp. Use Irfanview which is free and saves the pic at a good quality.

[Lost Soul]

heres the strange part its already saved at a good quality i believe because i got it off of themesxp as a prebuilt setup that i just have to place the files into my own logonui.exe , ill take your suggestion but can you give me an ideal of what a good quality would be... im pretty sure these are made to stats because they are premade fit and sized to a T.. but pls let me know what you think because im still in a muck

thanks for the reply

[Randy Rhoads]

It has to be 256 color (8PP) BMP file. There is no other options on quality..they have to be saved in that manner. Irfanview saves them in the correct format without degrading the pic that much. Thats what i meant.

[Lost Soul]

thanks ill give that a shot right now

[Lost Soul]

that worked perfectly thank you for your help, youve really got me out of a muck

[Randy Rhoads]

Welcome..its no probelm..that was my 1st lesson learned when i started messing with the custom setup file.

[Randy Rhoads]

To add to that, when you save the pics in this manner and import them to say Photoshop you will notice that alot of the plugins will be disabled because the pic is saved in that manner. Open them with Irfanview and increase them to 16,7 Million, save the pic, open it with Photoshop and do your editing, then decrease the color back to 256 before importing them with reshack.

[ChiDragon]

I thought logonui.exe could be 16 or 24 bit or something, since by the time that's loaded up the full video drivers are loaded.