As you may have noticed, the prior page simply changed the backgroud, but what about the other images? The Windows logo in the upper left, or the bullets or even the "animated" images at the bottom right will all be covered on this page.

Read the Reference page on compressed files, and save the extracted WINNTBBU.DLL file to a temp directory. Always use the same file version as that of your Windows version. Don't use a SP1 file for a SP2 OS basically.

Windows Logo | Bullets | Animated Progress Bar | Previewing the Change



This section will cover taking care of the Windows Logo in the upper left of the screen.

• Open up WINNTBBU.DLL in your resource editor, and select the image you wish to replace. Look below for a table of the corresponding resource numbers and descriptions.
  
  
• Once you have the bitmap resource selected, click the Replace button
  
  
  
  And select the image you wish to replace it with. If you do not wish to have a logo there (not visible) you have two options:
  
  • Replace the image with a 1x1 image. This just gives the impression it's not there as only a pixel is displayed.
    
    
  • Delete the resource altogether. Select the image to delete, and press the delete button
    
    
    
    
  
  
• Once you're done editing the file click the SAVE button
  
  
  
  The file should be saved as WINNTBBU.DLL in your I386 directory.
  
  
• Once saved, you may exit ResEdit. Go back to the compressed files, and read the section on makecab and do what it says.
  
  
• After using makecab on the WINNTBBU.DLL file, copy BOTH the .DLL and the .DL_ files into your I386 directory, replacing any already there.

Below you will find a table with the descriptions of the logo resource numbers




This section will cover taking care of the text next to the bullets on the left side of the screen.

• Open up WINNTBBU.DLL in your resource editor, and select the image you wish to replace. Look below for a table of the corresponding resource numbers and descriptions.
  
  
• Once you have the bitmap resource selected, click the Replace button
  
  
  
  And select the image you wish to replace it with. If you do not wish to have a logo there (not visible) you have two options:
  
  • Replace the image with a 1x1 image. This just gives the impression it's not there as only a pixel is displayed.
    
    
  • Delete the resource altogether. Select the image to delete, and press the delete button
    
    
    
    
  
  
• Once you're done editing the file click the SAVE button
  
  
  
  The file should be saved as WINNTBBU.DLL in your I386 directory.
  
  
• Once saved, you may exit ResEdit. Go back to the compressed files, and read the section on makecab and do what it says.
  
  
• After using makecab on the WINNTBBU.DLL file, copy BOTH the .DLL and the .DL_ files into your I386 directory, replacing any already there.

Below you'll find the order in which the bullets are displayed. The first image is a task that has been completed, the second is an uncompleted task, and the third is the current task. The resource numbers also go in this order, from low to high.



Below you will find a table with the descriptions of the logo resource numbers





This section will cover taking care of the progress bar scrolling in the bottom right corner of the screen.

• Open up WINNTBBU.DLL in your resource editor, and select the image you wish to replace. Look below for a table of the corresponding resource numbers and descriptions.
  
  
• Once you have the bitmap resource selected, click the Replace button
  
  
  
  And select the image you wish to replace it with. If you do not wish to have a logo there (not visible) you have two options:
  
  • Replace the image with a 1x1 image. This just gives the impression it's not there as only a pixel is displayed.
    
    
  • Delete the resource altogether. Select the image to delete, and press the delete button
    
    
    
    
  
  
• Once you're done editing the file click the SAVE button
  
  
  
  The file should be saved as WINNTBBU.DLL in your I386 directory.
  
  
• Once saved, you may exit ResEdit. Go back to the compressed files, and read the section on makecab and do what it says.
  
  
• After using makecab on the WINNTBBU.DLL file, copy BOTH the .DLL and the .DL_ files into your I386 directory, replacing any already there.

Below you'll find the order in which the individual images create the animated appearance. Basically, all it does is run through all 4 images, then goes backwards redisplaying the prior ones. So using the below table as an example, it would go: 1,2,3,4,3,2,1 to create illusion of the animated image.



Below you will find a table with the descriptions of the logo resource numbers

• Read the page on compressed files, and read the section on makecab and do what it says.
  
  
• After using makecab on the WINNTBBU.DLL file, copy BOTH the .DLL and the .DL_ files into your I386 directory, replacing any already there.

You have three options to preview your Background change. Two of which involve using the Windows Setup routine.

• Use a program by jcarle to preview it. It's called XPreview and requires the .NET Framework to be installed.
  
  Upon installing the little program, start it up. Click on the File Menu at the top, select Open, and then open your modified WINNTBBU.DLL file. It should then appear in the middle of the program.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• After replacing the original files in i386, double click on WINNT32.EXE. This will cause SETUP to initiate. It will stop on the first screen, however, in the back you should see your modifications.
  
  
• Start up a virtual machine and let setup run through untill it reaches the GUI portion, and then you should see your modified backgroud image.

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