sqra Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 How to integrate windows theme and boot screen ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boooggy Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 they are already there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqra Posted May 20, 2006 Author Share Posted May 20, 2006 they are already there......but i want to integrate my OWN theme and boot screen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boooggy Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 make them as addons: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=63596http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1290 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRYOGENIUS Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Hellotry to search from this linkhttp://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/79/I think that it could help you++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T D Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Theme:Install the theme.Open your WINDOWS or WINNT folder on your current install.Copy the folder "Resources" to your $OEM$\$$ folderOpen the folder $OEM$\$$\Resources and delete all folders except "Themes"Bootscreen:Go to Unattended guide bootscreens. Boot Editor doesn't seem to work for me though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqra Posted May 20, 2006 Author Share Posted May 20, 2006 "$OEM$\$$ folder"means I386 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boooggy Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 please read this before: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowinscenario Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Add this to the sif, too (it's just an example of one I used):[shell]DefaultThemesOff = "No"DefaultStartPanelOff = "Yes"CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Crystal dlb 2.theme"And, yes, they are correct: 1) there are a gaggle of add-on CABs for themes, most of which I've used, too--get them as you see fit; and 2) using the OEM folders method, you can indeed add as many as your CD/DVD will allow (one time I've shoved in 300MB of themes there myself!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T D Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 $OEM$\$$ is not in i386. It is directly in your XP source, one folder up, the same dir where WIN51 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasys44 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 BootScreenI have made bootscreen using TuneUp Utilities, have replaced original bootsreen files in sp2.cab with mine (ntoskrnl.exe, ntkrnlmp.exe, ntkrnlpa.exe, ntkrpamp.exe) and two files (ntoskrnl.ex_ and ntkrnlmp.ex_) in folder i386 in source Windows XP installation.After nLite process i was badly astonished, 2 files in SP2.cab and in i386 were replaced back (ntoskrnl.exe, ntkrnlmp.exe)! I saw this only after test installation. How was it done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeperos Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 (edited) Guys, really need help here:I put these folders in the root folder of the setup CD:$OEM$\$$\Resources\Themesand$OEM$\$$\Web\WallpaperThen, per THIS guide's instructions I put the following to the end of my WINNT.SIF file (located in the I386 folder)[shell]CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%ResourceDir%\Themes\Energy Blue.theme".Now, there basically were two problems, though I guess the one has to do with the other.The afore mentioned theme as you may or may not know uses the infamous Royale style which, in order to function correctly, must replace the original "luna.msstyles" file and add the "Royale\shellstyle.dll" in the "Luna\Shell" folder. For my PC it works correctly.For the new CD however which I tested with a virtual PC setup tried to use the .theme but failed miserably because:a) NONE of the files in the $OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes and $OEM$\$$\Web\Wallpaper folders were copied in the windows folder andb) Because although the new "luna.msstyles" came straight from Microsoft nevertheless as soon as I try to manually copy it in the right place it gets replaced by the original "luna.msstyles" (after my 2nd attempt I tried to delete the old "luna.msstyles" without the setup image loaded. Soon enough windows complained that critical file was replaced by a file that could not be validated (or sth) and that the original should be copied back again in order not to lose system stability blah blah blah...).So, for me the afore mentioned method won't work (I suspect that the files were not copied because setup hiccupped at the "luna.msstyles" copy process).Is there a way for me to DIRECTLY slipstream the afore mentioned file into the windows installation?EDIT:Clarification: I did have the patched dll for themes installed. All other unofficial styles that I tried after manually copying them worked fine. Edited July 22, 2006 by Keeperos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 DO you have "OEMPreinstall=yes" in your winnt.sif file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeperos Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 (edited) Busted...No, I wanted to retain the repair/recovery console functions and AFAIK the only way to do that is to skip the "[unattended]" portion of the winnt.sif file.But this changes little. Even like that the problem I'll be solving will be the files not being copied.As soon as windows detect the altered "luna.msstyles" they'll still try to restore the original one.What I want is for windows to install the Royale "luna.msstyles" instead of the original.Please do note that the new "luna.msstyles" has 4 styles, the 3 original PLUS the Royale one so it is a complete replacement for the original and it did come directly from Microsoft unaltered...Update: After A LOT of searching I found the original "WindowsXP-TabletPC-EnergyBlueTheme-x86-ENU.exe". I thought I would try the manual integrate switch.Surprise surprise, it wanted the tablet PC version files for it to be integrated.Next one was the nLite integration. Here's sth. The nLite integration said that it couldn't find the "energybliss.jpg" in the ISO for it to update...Hmm, apparently the only thing stoping the nLite integration is that the ISO doens't have some non-critical files. Is there a way to make nLite ignore this and integrate the files nevertheless???This could solve everything I think... Edited July 22, 2006 by Keeperos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=500 <-- Here is a couple of addons I have made that do exactly what you are looking for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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