Dels Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 (edited) i think many people have done this before but how about starting sharing it?this is what i have done with my old win2k pc (give it some xp classic feel)andNOTE :- hacked the toolbar and change the animated globe to xp logo, but found some problem with big icon and the search,back,forward button- hacked the start button flag into xp flag- hacked desktop icon via shell32.dll (completed)- hacked monitor item in system properties- more...PS : sorry for dither, its jpg, icons in desktop showed in 16bit colorif anyone want this too, i can share it after i finish retouching the missed partRELEASED :i think i will share it to everybody here : for the present my pack consist of :- shell32.dll (xp icon),- ntoskrnl.exe (xp like boot logo),- msgina.dll (new logo for login box, xp like),- sysdm.cpl (monitor image in system properties)- explorer.exe (taskbar menu and some string in windows explorer)- browseui.dll (xp toolbar icon, missing some and dither in big icon)- display.cpl (monitor for wallpaper, screensaver, setting dialog)i have repack (but i lost the installer version) of my w2k gui hack, this is very experimental so don't expect to much for this release, hope you have interest on it and fix ithttp://rapidshare.de/files/18715215/Pack.7z.htmlpacked with 7zip hope you know how to extract itknown bug :- explorer taskbar lock feature doesn't function(explorer.exe)- sometime you can't right click on taskbar(explorer.exe)- missing back,forward,search and etc icon in explorer/ie toolbar (browseui.dll) i think it placed somewhere else- the big icon toolbar are dithered with pink line (browseui.dll)- bootlogo seem doesn't right to display, need to resave and recompress to rle (ntoskrnl.exe)- monitor in display properties seem wrong (desk.cpl)- missing msgina.dll file , but i have included the new ntlogo - other...PS :- have add a new nt logo and bootlogo- test it with vmware or virtual pc before test to your main installationTHIS IS VERY EXPERIMENTAL I DON'T GUARANTED YOUR SYSTEM CRASH OR WRECK YOUR PCAND THIS PACK STILL IN DEVELOPMENT BY ME AND DIRTWARRIOR, IF YOU CAN MAKE THIS PACK BETTER CONTACT ME Edited April 25, 2006 by Dels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demlak Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 (edited) take a look at http://wint.virtualplastic.net and http://virtualplastic.net Edited March 16, 2006 by demlak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dels Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 (edited) yeah i got the reference of list file that can be hacked from that 2 sites Edited March 16, 2006 by Dels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dels Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 now progress :- toolbar icon fixed (the big ones) and now recheck- flag background change from black to white and animated (from winxp)- trying to fix the dithering start menu logo- new boot logo (ntoskrnl.exe) that looks liked winxp boot logo- hacked sysdm.cpl and desk.cpl completed now want to hack other .cpl files- taskbar menu got "lock taskbar" menu (but i dunno how to implement it as it doesnt require on win2k)- try to change the text on start menu into Windows 2000 Revolution- new windows logo on login and shutdown dialog- trying to implement LameSkin, a feature from win98rev - trying to repacking up*screenshot added later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
os2fan2 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 You could, i suppose, take a leaf from vista:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons]; Download drive[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\E][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\E\DefaultIcon]@="%Systemroot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,106"; Windows drive (idea nicked from vista)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\H][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\H\DefaultIcon]@="%Systemroot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,39"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\R]; Ram drive[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\R\DefaultIcon]@="%Systemroot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,12" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dels Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 gee i really need the forcing command for overwriting files that still on use copy /f?del /f then copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dels Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 (edited) edit : check the 1st post Edited April 25, 2006 by Dels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Hey thanks I will look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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