Logons & Visual Styles Changer is tool that may help people use multiple themes & logons in their unattended windows CD. You can download the Installer with three themes & three logons Here, it a light pack of LOVSC, it's completely free, it's intended to give you an idea about the tool.
It's a freeware and Open Source tool, anyone can use and modify it without notifying me; however, I will appreciate if you send me your feedbacks, suggestions or reporting bugs. you can contact me on this e-mail : stuntgp2000@hotmail.com
At an early stage I had to modify the registry each time to change the logon, then I created a tool that let me change logons, but soon I was faced by another problem which is I had to modify & compile the tool each time whenever I download a new logon or theme that I want to put in my unattended CD.
But the encouragements of .::B?shrat the Sneaky::. & Prathapml helped me to modify this tool to integrate new logon or theme in a dynamic & flexible way.
All you have to do is,
1. You have to download your favorites logons & themes (you can find some of them in my website).
2. Create thumbnails of them (for better performance thumbnails should be JPG image with a resolution of 145x113 ).
3. Run Logons & Visual Styles Script Generator.
4. Select your themes & logons with their thumbnails.
5. You may also customize some info here and there.
6. Click on Generate to create the LOVSC.Ini
After this,
1. Copy your Themes & their thumbnails to this location %windir%\resources\Themes if you want to try Logons & Visual Styles Changer, if everything went OK then copy your Themes & their thumbnails to this location $OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes in your unattended CD.
2. Copy your Logons & their thumbnails to this location %windir%\system32 if you want to try Logons & Visual Styles Changer, if everything went OK then copy your Logons & their thumbnails to this location $OEM$\$$\system32 in your unattended CD.
See some screenshots
Click here.
Downloads
Logons & Visual Styles Script Generator Here.
Logons & Visual Styles Changer Here ( This can be installed silentely using this switches /SP- /VerySilent ).
Source Code (Require Delphi 7)
Logons & Visual Styles Script Generator Source Code Here.
Logons & Visual Styles Changer Source Code Here.
My favorites themes & logons
You can download my favorites themes from Here and their thumbnails Here.
You can also download my favorites logons Here and their thumbnails Here.
Download LOVSC.INI with some description Here.
To test this tool yourself follow these steps :
If you want to make thing manually follow this,
1. Download this logons Here and their thumbnails Here.
2. Extract them in this location %windir%\system32 (make sure that files one are extracted to that location because some compression utilities create a folder then they extract files in that folder).
3. Download these themes Here and their thumbnails Here.
4. Extract them in this location %windir%\resources\Themes (make sure that files one are extracted to that location because some compression utilities create a folder then they extract files in that folder).
5. Download this additional files which are Here and extract them in this location %windir%\system32 (make sure that files one are extracted to that location because some compression utilities create a folder then they extract files in that folder).
6. Download and Install Logons & Visual Styles Changer Here
7. After installing Logons & Visual Styles Changer, run "Logons & Themes Changer" which you will find in Start menu
8. Send me some feedbacks 
OR
If you are in a hurry download this Installer and it will do everything for you. Click Here .
Note : Please make sure you have a Hacked uxTheme.dll in order to see themes, if you don't have a hacked uxtheme.dll please make a look into MSFN Forum.
This tool is compatible with Windows SP1 & SP2.
Download Helping Tools
1. Resources Hacker 3.4.0.79 can be downloaded Here or Here. This tool help you extract resources from EXE, DLL,OCX but also it's wonderful if you want to modify these resources if you want for example to put your pictures in logons Executables.
2. UPX 1.24 can be downloaded Here or Here. This tool can help you compact EXE, DLL, OCX, COM in order to make them take less space and load faster.
3. Microsoft ImageResizer Powertoy can be downloaded Here. This tool can help you if you want to resize you thumbnails to fit the Resolution required by Logons & Visual Styles Changer.
4. Neowin uxTheme.dll Multi-Patcher can be downloaded Here, but before using this tool please backup your files & make a restoration point.
Further Help
If you need further details please make a look Here
Last update date is 29-08-2004 at 5:30 PM GMT
