Replace the boring windows logo with your own logo on the windows XP logon and shut down screens. This requires a small registry hack and it is explained in the following way:
Step 1:
This crack needs a tool called Resource Hacker. You can download it for free by clicking here.
Step 2:
Create a Restore Point for your System and back up important data.
Step 3:
- Open Resource Hacker.
- Go to Open in the File menu and type into the Open File text box: “X:\windows\system32\logonui.exe”, where X is your Windows XP drive letter. ( Usually C)
Step 4:
You can now see a tree view of the decompiled logonui.exe file. Expand the Bitmap Section go for Name 123 there. You can now view the Windows XP logo. Right click on 1033, which is in the 123 section.
Step 5:
- Right-click and select “Save [Bitmap:123:1033]”.
- Save this bitmap to your system.
- Open the bitmap in MSPaint or PhotoShop or any other image-editing program you want.
- Clear the image and create your own logo instead of the Windows XP logo.
- Save your file with the .bmp extension. The size of the photo must be 137 x 86—the same as the original. The same procedure goes for 127 in the Bitmap Tree:[Bitmap: 127:1033]
Step 6:
- Once you’ve created your logo, go to Bitmap 123 > 1033. Right-click on it and go to “Replace Resource…” This will open up a window.
- Click on “Open file for new Bitmap”. Browse for and select your created bitmap. It will open in a second picture box.
- Click on the Replace button. Do the same for Bitmap > 127 > 1033; right-click on it and go to “Replace Resource…”
- This will open a window. Click on “Open file for new Bitmap”. Browse for and select your created bitmap.
- It will open in a second picture box now. Click Replace. Save the file in X:\windows\system32\logonui.exe. (Replace the original file with your modified file.)
- You’ll get a File Protection Error: “File is not recognized by Windows XP SP2. Please insert the Windows XP SP2 CD and click OK…” Just cancel the dialog box. (Press Cancel and then press Yes.)
That’s it! Restart Windows and see the results of your magic!
If you also want change the “Welcome” string, go to the main tree view. Then go to STRING TABLE > 1 > 1033. Replace the string “Welcome” to your name or your company name or whatever!
Note: Before you replace your original.exe with the modified one, there’s one thing that has to be done, otherwise Windows replace your files to their original form— Windows has inbuilt security for files, to prevent them from getting corrupted, as with logonui.exe. You need to apply a trick to bypass this protection. Open Notepad and type in the following:
del %systemroot%\system32\dllcache\logonui.exe
Save this file as “crack_logo.bat” and run it. Use this method at your own risk.
realy great work,easy to undestand for all computer users.
thanx
raja kaloi
i had done this before with a program (don’t remember the name though)… i like this way better though 🙂 nice post