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smalltownguy:
The big ticket here is to make sure you are not booted to the disk in which you want to change the user32.dll file on. Windows won't let you do it, since the file will be in use. More so, it will re-create the file upon exit. Kman's method is the 'standard,' although I do know of a few alternatives.

One alternative to doing this if you don't have easy access to an XP disc is to boot the computer to DOS using any other boot disk that will load your file system. I have the BartPE disc, so I used that.

Or, you could piggyback the drive on to another computer as a slave, and then you'll have the privileges you need to replace that .dll file, since it won't be in use as a system file.

This was the last thing I needed to do to completely hide all traces of windows on my setup. It is now impossible to tell that there's a PC in my cab. No blips, no nothing. I'm very pleased ;D

whatever method you like  :cheers:

p.s. Shameless plug of my cab! An old video of my cab's start up/shut down. I used Bootskins. I have since upgraded the memory (fixes the blip at the start of MAME) and modified my MameWah layout to remove the gray square that flashes at startup. I'm working on a video now of my AimTrak, and I'll try to capture the startup routine in that. Will post then.

Kman-Sweden:
Cool how did you hide DOS pre-boot?

smalltownguy:
I'm using a CRT monitor, so it just takes that long to warm up.

DeLuSioNal29:
You can view a great guide here:  (This is what I use):
http://forums.maximusarcade.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=506

Here's an excerpt from that guide.  I only used this part, as I don't really want MA to boot as my main shell.  :)

"PART 3: Things you might as well do if you made it this far (all optional, but cool)

a) Hide the "Loading Settings" popup
-run regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

-Create a DWORD value called "DisableStatusMessages", and edit its value to the number 1
(or edit this dword if it already exists, which it likely doesn't)

b) Kill the Welcome and Startup/Shutdown screens
-in regedit go to:
HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors\Background

-change the value to: 0 0 0 (those are zeros, and the spaces ARE necessary)

-now, go to the Control Panel -> User Accounts and select "Change the way users log on or off". Uncheck "Use Welcome Screen"

c) Kill the pop-up bubbles like "USB device connected" "Not all Star Menu Objects can be shown", etc
-run regedit yet again and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

-Create a DWORD named "EnableBalloonTips", and give it a hex value of "0" (zero)

d) Get rid of the WinXP bootscreen
-This is how i did it. There are programs that can give you the full featured ones with progress bars, etc, but my new bootscreen is the "Winners don't use drugs" screen from old arcade games, so it's a static image. It's perfect. :) Plus it's the easiest/least accident prone method of changing it.

-Make a 640x480 16-COLOR bitmap. It MUST be saved or converted to a 16-color bitmap. Or ask me for mine. Name it "boot.bmp" and keep it in your c:\windows directory

-Go to My Computer -> Properties -> Advance -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings

-Click "Edit Startup Options" and add the following to the end of what's there:
/bootlogo /noguiboot
(make sure you leave a space between the existing options and the ones you added above, and keep a space between the two new options while you're at it)"

P.S. - I'm almost done editing my intro for me to share with all to use.   :applaud:

DeLuSioNaL

Kman-Sweden:

--- Quote from: smalltownguy on October 13, 2009, 06:49:09 am ---The big ticket here is to make sure you are not booted to the disk in which you want to change the user32.dll file on. Windows won't let you do it, since the file will be in use.
--- End quote ---
You get around this problem using my guide since I "save as" the file and then rename the file, to the correct name when you're in the "Recovery Console".  :afro:

DeLuSioNal29 ---> Nice work in shortening one of the longest posts in the Maximus Forum.  :cheers:

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