Windows XP tutorials

Drivers Slipstreamed into setup CD

In this section, we will complete the same process as Drivers via WINNT.SIF except that they will install from CD. This will decrease the amount of time setup requires to complete, and depending on the number of drivers you have will also simplify the process slightly.

This whole method is all made possible by Pyron who created these few small programs for use in this process. The original forum thread can be found here. You will also need to download these following files, and save them in a temporary location:

* SETUP.EX_

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qtnqdv

http://www.mediafire.com/file/tqzmbymznmz/SETUP.EX_

The logon screens consist of both the Classic Logon screen, and the new Welcome Screen. The classic screen is one of the easiest to modify, as it's just changing a couple resources, however, the Welcome screen gets more complicated as it also consists of alittle HTML like script to tell of it's placement. For the Welcome screen however, I'm going to suggest using LogonStudio, however it's usage will not be described here. In time however, this page will be updated to reflect manual changing of the Welcome Screen.

I will just be covering how to edit the Classic Logon screen, and how to get Windows to use either of the modified screens.

» Editing the Classic Logon Screen

The Classic Logon screen is located in the file msgina.dll in your system32 directory. Open that file up in your favorite resource editor. I recommend Resource Tuner, but ResEdit will do you if you don't want to pay for Resource Tuner.

You can import your customized OEM Information and Logo unattended, we'll show you how in this guide.

To do this, you need to create 2 files - oeminfo.ini and oemlogo.bmp

Open Notepad and Copy and Paste the following example, then edit it accordingly:

[General]
Manufacturer=MSFN Unattended XP CD
Model=
[OEMSpecific]
SubModel=
SerialNo=
OEM1=
OEM2=
[Support Information]
Line1=Support Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Save it as oeminfo.ini

1st Download this little freeware tools  http://www.radgametools.com/down/Bink/RADTools.exe

It contains BINK Player & Smack Player !!

Bink player can convert avi, mpeg, & many other files into single autoplaying BIK file!! you often seen bink video in games too!!

so with that tool..convert your Video or Audio file into *.bik file!! Then you can convert that *.bik file into single EXE file using that tool again..You can also convert Your Images into single EXE file using this tool!!

One of the most common ways of editing the setup billboard is to remove that blue background. It can be replaced by almost any image.

I'll be using ResEdit, so go download it yourself, and we can get started.

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.

» Changing the image

* 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.