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Topic: Hiding Windows 7 Completely - DONE (new video added 22/8) (Read 39228
wweumina
Since moving to Windows 7 from XP I've been a bit frustrated by the inability to
hide some of it's elements. After a bit of time spent last night I've finally got
Windows 7 completely hidden. I used Win 7 Premium 64-bit with SP1 but other
versions should work fine with the tools I used.
Here's a video showing it:
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Instructions below.
wweumina
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The changes I made were done with Windows 7 Premium 64-bit with Service Pack
1 though most of the changes should work with any version of Windows 7. Be
sure to make a backup of everything before you progress as some of these steps
can stop windows from working.
I'm writing this from memory so let me know if I've missed anything or it's not
clear.
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For the next couple of steps you'll need a program called Resource Hacker. Make
sure you get the latest beta version. You can get it from here:
http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
When running the program be sure to 'Run as Administrator' (right click on the
shortcut and choose 'Run as Administrator').
4. Backup Windows Files
Make a copy of the following files and put the copy on the Desktop
C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll
C:\Windows\System32\en-US\winlogon.exe.mui (the directory may be different
if you didn't install as English-US (en-US - get it?)
C:\Windows\Branding\Basebrd\basebrd.dll
Right-click on each file and 'Take Ownership' of them.
5. Remove the Windows Branding
Right click on the shortcut to Resource Hacker (either on the desktop or the start
menu) and 'Run as Administrator'.
Now, File-Open and select the basebrd.dll file on the desktop and delete each
bitmap resource (click on the bitmap folder on the left, open each item, right click
on the numbered file and choose delete).
Save the file.
Detailed instructions for this step are here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31916-log-screen-change-remove-textbranding.html
6. Remove 'Welcome Screen' text
Run Resource Hacker as administrator. Open the winlogo.exe.mui file that is on
the desktop. Once in the file, choose String from the left menu and delete the
text from items 63 and 64.
Save the file.
More details on this step are here:
http://www.ec-tech.info/how-to-change-logon-screen-text-in-windows-seven/
7. Remove Welcome Screen spinning circle
Run Resource Hacker as administrator and open the imageres.dll that is on the
desktop. Go to the bitmaps section on the left menu and delete each one.
Save the file.
8. Remove other windows cursors that show up.
Download a transparent windows cursor here:
http://www.mp3car.com/software-faqs-solutions-tutorials/122408-tutorial-hidewindows-cursor-transparent.html
Save it to C:\Windows\Cursors
Open Regedit (Click on the windows button to bring up the start menu and type
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
If there is no 'Shell' key then create one and set the value to be the path to your
frontend. In my case it's: "C:\Emulate\Hyperspin\Hyperspin.exe"
CHANGING THE SHELL BACK: If you need to reverse the above step to get back
to normal windows functions, hit Ctrl-Alt-Del in your front end and choose 'New
Task' (this might be difficult with invisible cursors but it's doable). Then type
c:\Windows\explorer.exe into the box and hit enter. You now have windows
back. If you want to change it back permanently, go into regedit and change the
shell value above to 'c:\Wiindows\explorer.exe'
That's about it. Good luck.
Knightlore
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This is brilliant, thanks. I'm about to do this using Hyperspin as my front end.
I've previously shelled XP but wondered if Win 7 was the same procedure.
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crisalan44
Blanka
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Now we need some EFI machines to get rid of that 1977 BIOS screen. It still not
as smooth as booting a mac-based mame machine.
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mytymaus007
nice i was just about to start researching how to do this and i woke up and it was
done for me! WOW What away to start my vacation you the man!
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Actually I've just found that my motherboard can change the bios splash screen
so I'll be updating once I get that done.
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http://gameroom.atozmicro.com If you correct this issue let me know. IM ready to buy a new system and would
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wweumina
***great*** post / info amigo, thanks! I definitely want to run Win7 in my future
cab...and this info will come in very very handy.
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Changing the splash screen is far from EFI capabilities. With EFI you can just
start at your native resolution with any image you like. With a Bios you still start
at VGA resolution, and you still have the text screens in between. Changing the
first image does not help much there.
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OK. Here's an update with the BIOS screen replaced. I agree it's not absolutely
perfect, but I think it's a big improvement.
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wweumina
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I've used an Asus M4A78LT-M LE, but I think most (all?) Asus boards have the
option. It was the cheapest AM3 motherboard I could find at the time. The good
news is that it also let me unlock all 4 cores on my Phenom II X2 555 BE CPU.
I've currently got all 4 cores overclocked up to a stable 3.7Ghz without much
tweaking. Not bad for a $90 CPU and a $55 motherboard (aussie dollars).
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Subconscious
thanks for the awesome info. where are you getting the bootscreens from?
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Intellivision Rocks!
Cool video.
I liked the Space Invader animations too.
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mytymaus007
Do you mean the animations? I've made those myself. It's pretty easy with the
old games to whip them up. I'll put them up somewhere if you want to
download. I was thinking of doing a pacman and galaga one as well.
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You the man pacman galaga how about Robotron and defender awsome work
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Do you mean the animations? I've made those myself. It's pretty easy with the old games to
whip them up. I'll put them up somewhere if you want to download. I was thinking of doing a
pacman and galaga one as well.
yes, thats what i mean. that would awesome if you'd be willing to share those.
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ScottEK
I just completed these steps but I was unable to get rid of my "Welcome" text
and also my "Shutting Down..." text. To fix it:
WELCOME TEXT - After following the instructions above to edit and replace
winlogo.exe.mui you need to do the following.
1) Open a elevated command prompt.
2) In the command prompt, type mcbuilder and press Enter.
3) When the command window closes, restart the computer.
SHUTTING DOWN TEXT - The "Shutting Down..." text is in a different file called
"wininit.exe.mui". After modifying you need to run mcbuilder as well.
1) Open a elevated command prompt.
2) In the command prompt, type mcbuilder and press Enter.
3) When the command window closes, restart the computer.
Also, HUGE thanks to wweumina! I found you on YouTube first but there was no
instructions. Thankfully I found your post here, worked great!
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Mmmmm.....arcades!
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Maybe I am asking the wrong question here, but if you are booting from a PC why
do you not just delay the monitor from starting up or even easier add a switch
near your CP.
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Also you can boot your PC in Barts PE it really isn't that difficult.
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http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Hiding_Windows
Quote from: arcadecontrols wiki
Introduction
To create the illusion that your home arcade machine is a 'real' arcade machine, it would be
nice to be able to hide the familiar Windows PC look and feel. Nobody wants to see the
Windows logo when your cabinet is turned on; it's kind of like being caught with your pants
down. There are several ways of achieving this, let's have a look at your options...
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JoeB
what hyperspin theme are you using? I like the images for classic/fighters ..
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I've been waiting for this too
Thanks for the documentation
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wweumina
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wweumina
Sorry, missed these questions. I made a lot of the hyperspin genre backgrounds.
I'll put them up somewhere in case anyone wants them.
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kahlid74
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Very nice.
One bit of caution. Completing changes like this to the OS makes it more difficult
to troubleshoot when something goes wrong. Not impossible, just more difficult.
If you're ever created a Kiosk computer with AD you'll know exactly what I
mean. Once you lock it down it is a beast to get back in and put yourself to a
useable position. Just something to consider.
For me, I've had too many situations where I go out of my way to hide the OS
only to get burned when I have to troubleshoot something and find out I've
disabled everything useful lol.
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DaveMMR
One bit of caution. Completing changes like this to the OS makes it more difficult to
troubleshoot when something goes wrong. Not impossible, just more difficult. If you're ever
created a Kiosk computer with AD you'll know exactly what I mean. Once you lock it down it is
a beast to get back in and put yourself to a useable position. Just something to consider.
For me, I've had too many situations where I go out of my way to hide the OS only to get
burned when I have to troubleshoot something and find out I've disabled everything useful lol.
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Good point but as long as the computer is strictly for cabinet use you won't run
into too many issues once it's set up as it's only running the frontend, MAME and
maybe a couple of other emulators and/or background programs (depending on
your needs). Plus it's easy enough to wipe and reinstall the OS when something
goes wrong (assuming you keep you software on another drive/partition and/or
backed-up, which you should).
This is definitely not intended for everyday computing.
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wweumina
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For me, I've had too many situations where I go out of my way to hide the OS only to get
burned when I have to troubleshoot something and find out I've disabled everything useful lol.
Agree, though it is pretty easy to get back to 'normal' by entering task manager
and starting a new task c:\windows\explorer.exe
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MPTech
btw, what monitor are you using? Looks very good. Can you tell me the screen
Height & Width too?
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UltimateArcade completed!
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Thanks Again!
MPTech
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Acids
Some motherboards support removing all txt at boot "boot messages" on/off
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Would love to get that space invaders backdrop for my cabinet. Would you mind
sharing? (Not the animation you already posted. I mean the other one with the
space invader tilted)
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Thanks in advance!
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Just one n00b question. If you do remove all traces of windows and make the
arcade the shell.... what happens when you want to update/tweak anything? e.g
with no cursors etc?
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brill thanks
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