winnt.sif file question

[Ogre]

i want my desktop to windows "Silver" theme. i see this line:

CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\MyTheme.theme"

This option sets the default theme that windows will use, this can be a custom theme or another default theme included with Windows XP. This will mean that XP will not boot up using the default Luna theme, but with a theme you set in this option.

here in the [sHELL] section, but i am unsure as to how to go about incorporating it into my installation. any help would be appreciated.

[Aaron]

Since Luna contains 3 visualstyles in one file, you will have to use a couple of registry tweaks to change to Silver. I think Bachus has achieved this

[Bachus]

;This sets the default theme to "silver"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Appearance]
"Current"=""
"CustomColors"=hex:ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,\
  ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,\
  ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00,ff,ff,ff,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Appearance\New Schemes\Current Settings SaveAll\Sizes\0]
"Flat Menus"=dword:00000001
"Font #0"=hex:f3,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,72,00,65,00,62,00,75,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,74,00,\
  20,00,4d,00,53,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Font #1"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Font #2"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Font #4"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Font #5"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Font #3"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #0"=hex(b):01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #1"=hex(b):11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #2"=hex(b):11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #3"=hex(b):12,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #4"=hex(b):19,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #5"=hex(b):11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #6"=hex(b):11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #7"=hex(b):12,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #8"=hex(b):13,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Color #0"=dword:00c8d0d4
"Color #1"=dword:00984e00
"Color #2"=dword:00e35400
"Color #3"=dword:00df967a
"Color #4"=dword:00ffffff
"Color #5"=dword:00ffffff
"Color #6"=dword:00000000
"Color #7"=dword:00000000
"Color #8"=dword:00000000
"Color #9"=dword:00ffffff
"Color #10"=dword:00c8d0d4
"Color #11"=dword:00c8d0d4
"Color #12"=dword:00808080
"Color #13"=dword:00c56a31
"Color #14"=dword:00ffffff
"Color #15"=dword:00d8e9ec
"Color #16"=dword:0099a8ac
"Color #17"=dword:0099a8ac
"Color #18"=dword:00000000
"Color #19"=dword:00f8e4d8
"Color #20"=dword:00ffffff
"Color #21"=dword:00646f71
"Color #22"=dword:00e2eff1
"Color #23"=dword:00000000
"Color #24"=dword:00e1ffff
"Color #25"=dword:00b5b5b5
"Color #26"=dword:00800000
"Color #27"=dword:00ff953d
"Color #28"=dword:00ebb99d
"Color #29"=dword:00c56a31
"Color #30"=dword:00d8e9ec
"Contrast"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"ActiveTitle"="192 192 192"
"AppWorkSpace"="128 128 128"
"Background"="88 87 104"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="181 181 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="113 111 100"
"ButtonFace"="224 223 227"
"ButtonHilight"="255 255 255"
"ButtonLight"="241 239 226"
"ButtonShadow"="157 157 161"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GradientActiveTitle"="200 200 200"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="238 239 247"
"GrayText"="172 168 153"
"Hilight"="178 180 191"
"HilightText"="0 0 0"
"HotTrackingColor"="100 139 203"
"InactiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"InactiveTitle"="255 255 255"
"InactiveTitleText"="162 161 161"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="255 255 225"
"Menu"="255 255 255"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="212 208 200"
"TitleText"="14 16 16"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="0 0 0"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"
"MenuHilight"="187 183 199"
"MenuBar"="224 226 235"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="600"
"ScreenSaveActive"="1"
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:9e,3e,07,80

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="0"
"CaptionFont"=hex:f3,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,72,00,65,00,62,00,75,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,74,\
  00,20,00,4d,00,53,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"CaptionHeight"="-375"
"CaptionWidth"="-270"
"IconFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"IconSpacing"="-1125"
"IconVerticalspacing"="-1125"
"MenuFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"MenuHeight"="-285"
"MenuWidth"="-270"
"MessageFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"ScrollHeight"="-255"
"ScrollWidth"="-255"
"Shell Icon BPP"="16"
"SmCaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\
  00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"SmCaptionHeight"="-255"
"SmCaptionWidth"="-255"
"StatusFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"AppliedDPI"=dword:00000060
"Shell Icon Size"="32"


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Plus!\Themes\Apply]
"Screen saver"="1"
"Sound events"="1"
"Mouse pointers"="1"
"Desktop wallpaper"="1"
"Icons"="1"
"Colors"="1"
"Font names and styles"="1"
"Font and window sizes"="1"
"Rotate theme monthly"="1"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager]
"ThemeActive"="1"
"LoadedBefore"="1"
"LastUserLangID"="1033"
"DllName"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
  74,00,25,00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,6f,00,75,00,72,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,5c,\
  00,54,00,68,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,6c,00,75,00,6e,00,61,00,5c,00,\
  6c,00,75,00,6e,00,61,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,73,00,74,00,79,00,6c,00,65,00,73,\
  00,00,00
"ColorName"="Metallic"
"SizeName"="NormalSize"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme]
"Wallpaper"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
  74,00,25,00,5c,00,77,00,65,00,62,00,5c,00,77,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,70,00,61,\
  00,70,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,42,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,73,00,2e,00,62,00,6d,00,\
  70,00,00,00
"ThemeFile"=hex(2):00,00
"DisplayName of Modified"="Modified Theme"

I still haven't figured out how to get this working during setup, but perhaps when I get some more time I'll work out a workaround..

[Ogre]

sorry about that guys. i know bachus already posted that registry stuff in another thread i was asking a similar question, but i wasn't sure if it could be done via the .sif file or if it had to be through the registry.