El Di Pablo Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Hey guys, I just made a HAK5 GDM login screen for Linux. I uploaded it to Gnome-look here (HAK5 GDM Theme). Tell me what you think. Its only my second theme, so be gentle. I "borrowed" the background image from TestMAD in the Wallpaper section in the wiki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 A little tacky, but overall I like it ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Di Pablo Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 A little tacky, but overall I like it ^_^ Wow, harsh :P That's cool... Has anyone else tried to make one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I've never made a GDM theme but I did take a crack at Hak5ifiying Windows: I intended to theme the whole of Windows (including details like the images in the Taskbar properties window and similar) but unfortunately I lost the files and since abandoned the project. I did find the files again, but the project remained dead. If you want the files, I think Leapo has a copy of them, I no longer do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Di Pablo Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 I've never made a GDM theme but I did take a crack at Hak5ifiying Windows: Wow! That is friggin' awesome. Good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Manching Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 @moonlit how get that modified about windows, etc... pls pm me if have a link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 It's actually quite simple, all you need is Resource Hacker and an image editing tool. The graphics for Windows banners and stuff are stored within the EXEs and DLLs that make up the bits you see, a few of them are: Windows\System32\SHELL32.DLL << About Windows... boxes Windows\System32\MSGINA.DLL << Logon stuff Windows\System32\NTOSKRNL.EXE << Bootscreen Windows\EXPLORER.EXE << Start menu graphics Basically all you need to do is find the appropriate graphics in these files, extract them with Resource Hacker and edit/replace them with your own. Keep in mind that the image format and size MUST remain the same and that in many cases you only have 16 or 256 colours to play with, so get your dither on and optimise as appropriate. Note: These files are very important. If you fuck them up, you might end up killing Windows. If you're going to try this then do it in a VM or on a spare machine you don't care about. Also, you can't edit these files while you're using them, so you'll need to make backups, edit the backups, then slide them in when Windows isn't looking (turn off WFP/use Safe Mode). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Di Pablo Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 It's actually quite simple, all you need is Resource Hacker and an image editing tool. Oh yeah, I've used Resource hacker to change the wording on the start button before. I never though of changing the pictures. Good idea, I'll have to revisit that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 TGTsofts ResEdit is really good for editing msstyles files as well as dll image/icon resource files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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