Hack Simply Button Start on XP and Vista

Hack Simply Button Start on XP and Vista

I’ve read a number of articles on the internet about changing the text on the Start button in XP. On more than one occasion I’ve seen references to a five (5) letter limitation when the button is renamed. I always wondered if this was true or just an assumption someone made because the default ‘start’ just happened to fit the button size. So, I decided to run a test and see if there really was a five character limit.

First of all just u need to do is download Resource hacker.

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First Step The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe
The category we are going to be using is String Table In Resource Hacker. Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable as shown in Fig. 02. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.

There is no magic here. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry
Second Step – Modify the Registry Now that the modified explorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system. If you don’t know how to access the registry I’m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it’s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be something else) Run and type regedit in the Open: field. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon

the Right pane (Fig. 05), double click the Shell entry to open the Edit String dialog box as shown in Fig. 06. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.

Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.

Apple themes for Windows

How To Make Windows Look Like Macintosh

On Windows XP Pack 3

Check this screenshoot

1^st : U need 0ne application can patcher add some themes to windows, u can download uxpatcher or uxpatcher xp pack3.

2^nd : Make Source Path on Windows Protection On Partition u have, its simple, just need if there any error on your Installation,

After all, this is just third party components n maybe illegal on your windows OS, just follow this step :

a.)  Click Start Menu -> Run

a.)  In the blank column just type “regedit”

b.) Find out HKLM\SOFWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

c.)  Now, in Right side, just find Source Path, n Change its Value just like on Picture :

 

                                 Its fine for now,, just type sfc/scannow on blank column on run.,

3^nd : No is time to Apply Themes :

a.)    Unzip the Multi-Patcher and click Patch. A window will pop up asking if what it describes is your OS, click Yes if it does. Another window should pop up asking you to wait a moment and telling you not to have any Windows Setup CDs in your computer. Click OK, and then it will tell you that you need to restart. Click OK to have your computer restart or click Cancel to restart later. You need to restart before you can use themes. I usually download some themes before I restart, but you can restart first if you want.

Note: If you ever want to go back to your old ways, you can just run the UXTheme Multi-Patcher again and it will revert UXtheme.dll back to normal.

b.)  Now, lets get to those themes! I’m going to share five with you. I find almost all of the themes I use on Apple. To apply these themes, you need to right click on your desktop, click Properties, and then on the window that pops up click the Appearance tab.

c.) What we’re really after is the SX_Tiger_V_visual_style_by_dobee.msstyles file. You’ll need to go to your computers theme folder, usually C:\windows\resources\themes. Create a new folder here, name it SlanXP2, and drag the SlanXP2.msstyles file into this new folder. You should now have the theme in your Display Properties -> Appearance tab now. The different color schemes for this theme actually just use different fonts.

That’s must be finis all procedure, now times is enjoy your new thes guys.,