Re: background picture

[Brian Mullins]

in mce? no

Brian Mullins

"carlsberg" <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2AF23338-ECE0-4257...@microsoft.com...
> is there a way to change the background picture ?
>

[VictorAnderson - TechnoHippie]

06/06/2004 2:31:01 AM

carlsberg <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

<2AF23338-ECE0-4257...@microsoft.com>

> is there a way to change the background picture ?

Actually there IS a way to change it...

You have to manually hack the ehres.dll

1. download the reshacker

http://www.users.on.net/~johnson/resourcehacker/

2. replace the COMMON.BACKGROUND.JPG with your own jpeg

You might have to disable the System File Checker to do this too...
here are the instructions for how to do that:

http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/disablesystemfilechecker.php

I've also seen someone do it this way....(pretty much the same thing
I think)

1 - Grabbed the ResoruceHacker app (search google if u need it).

2 - Made a backup of \windows\ehome\ehres.dll in case I hosed it.

3 - to be safe tossed the image I wanted in windows\ehome

4 - Open ResourceHacker - then ehres.dll

5 - Under sectition RCData u will see COMMON.BACKGROUND.JPG

6 - Delete it.

7 - Add a NEW RESOURCE - open your image as prompted ... It will be
there in ehome since u put it there TYPE=RCData, NAME=COMMON.
BACKGROUND.JPG LANGUAGE=1033

8 - I saved mine to ehresNEW.dll (this wil get you around the file
rights stuff... follow next step.)

9 - I then rebooted to SAFE COMMAND MODE.

10 - Copy ehresNEW.dll ehres.dll.... DONE!

Reboot and it is there, very neat as any image u choose will have the
subtled animation as this is hard-coded - image need not be animated.

Good luck - be sure u have a SAVED COPY of ehres.dll and get familiar
with ResourceHack so u see how it works first.
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[carlsberg]

aha thx .. ill try ..
seems a bit hard but ill try anyway

THX