merlin(825):
http://i36.tinypic.com/2jez67l.png

hi des, please have a look at this:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/00oxy4.

thanks

anonymous(823):

the status bar that is on your screenshot can be done only by rewriting the code.
you can change the seek bar panel height with reshacker by changing the dialog 10022's height. and after that, you need to change some hex values with a hexeditor.

moving the seek button up:
change hex value 09 at offset 9f76b. to move up bx 1px change it to 08. to move up by 2px change it to 07. and so on...

moving the seek track up:
change hex value 09 at offset a0128. to move up by 1px change it to 08... and so on.

the whole seek bar panel background color:
change hex value 0f at 9fe04. use random hex values because i guess it depends on your system color's configuration. on my system 09 is grey, 05 is white, 15 an other grey, 25 is black. i think the colors are limited here with this hack. you cant use red or orange etc. i dont know for sure.

sorry i meant the "status bar", could you give me some details on what i should modify in order to change the height and background of the seek bar like you mentioned?

des(820):
after what you said i guess it would be difficult to have the "seek track" pressed beveled effect like in the screen-shot. i guess that modifying the source code would be the only way, but i read how you mentioned how difficult it is to compile it and i've never compiled anything before in my life, which leaves me no more options but to stick with this ugly default looking seek track. thanks for the help though!.

there is a new version:

http://noob.hu/2010/08/24/untitled1.png
http://noob.hu/2010/08/24/untitled2.png

anonymous(819):

if i remember correctly, i can change the seekbar's background to some of the system colors. and i can resize the height of the whole seek bar and seek "track" as well. the only thing i couldnt change yet (like the volume) is the thumb or seek button or whatever it is called. i even can resize this "thumb", make it wider or narrower. and i can even eliminate this thumb, but that would be not a good choice i guess.

by seektrack i meant the track which changes to white when it is playing a file.

sorry i forgot to upload the image

http://imgur.com/62rz3.png

hi des(817):
i think mpc is a great program but there are some things about the ui that i don't like. the seekbar is inconsistent and looks strange compared with the classic one. i don't like the black background in the status bar. is it possible that by hex/dissasembling this could be done?

if anyone interested:
mpc-hc seekbar and volumebar hack (again?)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/931044-mpc-hc-seekbar-volumebar-hack

merlin(815):

hehe. i should have known this. simply i just forgot it. too many hacks in my mind and i just cant take it anymore. :d

i finally got it.

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

have you tried with the luna style? the default blue xp style? - i dont know what the heck is wrong with your system. that scroll bar should be skinned too.

first of all thanks des.

i just grabbed your appwiz.cpl and started it. it says in english "add or remove programs" but it looks exactly(!) the same as mine: it is a mix of classic view and my new vs.

merlin(811):

i extracted my appwiz.cpl from my xp cd. just to make sure your file is ok and it is a reg problem or something. http://www.sendspace.com/file/8nzioz

i just had a close look at the mssytles of my new theme and found two black (and too big) bitmaps which seemed to be put in that wlan cpl file. i changed them and taaadaa! yes! and since i do have a permisson to change that theme i just deleted them and created new ones. looks much better now. only the software (cpl file) still worries me. why does it look like in classic view? in windowmetrics there are almost no entires after deleting all that stuff yesterday. is there another place in the registry which could be responsible for that strange mixed classic/new style look of that cpl file?

merlin(809):

it is indeed, strange. it could be the registry again. (windowmetrics)

well... i am sending you two pictures: in classic look and in my new theme.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/llym7n

as you see these are the two windows which look very suspicious to me: software placesbar and the scrollbar - all like classic view. and wlan window on the left- just strange. i also showed this to the guy who made it who said: i cannot find any issues in my theme.
well... in case des that you could have any idea i would be thankful.

merlin(807):

as far as i know it is not possible to add more shortcuts to the placesbar.
hmm. looks like it is a cpl bug but i dont know it for sure. have you tried it with win classic ort with an other vs?

done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) lol

i just had to delete all the entries in the ..windowsmetric and restart the computer. coooool! i still have two questions des, so please have a look at the pic.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/o26j5v

now this sounds complicated des... but let me try it... i'll see you at midnight :-)

merlin(804):
see post 801. second part with the messed up registry.

hi des,

please have a look at this picture:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ny822t

thanks

it could be an easier hack for that, but i havent figured it out yet.
yes. fony 1.4.0 tiny and simple app with the ability to import ttf fonts and convert them into fon bitmap files.

thanks for the quick reply des

the no shell icons hack worked first time.
as for the taskbar text, i'd already thought about that but i was hoping for an easier solution like maybe a hack in the explorer.exe.
i've a font app anyway so i guess i'll get to work.

quick question - how do you go about creating a bitmap font (.fon) and do you know of any software that allows you to create, edit or covert a .ttf to .fon font?

bd(800):

1.
afaik, only using visualstyle + using modified fonts. you have to alter a font and use that on the taskbar button when it is clicked / active. you need a font editor to do that, and you need to move the letters by 1px up and 1px left. (if i remember correctly)

here is an example.

[taskband::toolbar]
font = normal x font, 8

[taskband::toolbar(checked)]
font = modified x font, 8

[taskband::toolbar(hotchecked)]
font = modified x font, 8

[taskband::toolbar(hot)]
font = normal x font, 8

[taskband::toolbar(normal)]
font = normal x font, 8

[taskband::toolbar(pressed)]
font = modified x font, 8

2.
this is a known bug. first you need to apply the vs then modify the registry. but first you need to restore the original windowmetrics. here hkey_current_user\control panel\desktop\windowmetrics delete all keys, logoff, switch to win classic, logoff, apply your vs, then set the icons null, logoff.

sometimes the system forgets to change the fonts properly when messing with the registry. deleting windowmetrics + logoff and applying the vs should fix this problem. i had it a few times when i tested my vs but this trick fixed it always.

hi des

1.when you click a taskbar button to show / hide a window the text and icon on the taskbar button move up(hide) and down(show) by 1 or 2px.
is it possible to stop this?

2.i tried out the no shell icons hack but had mixed results.the icons are gone but when i apply my vs (which uses arial size 7 throughout pretty much) the text
on the titlebar and menu are different.the menu font looks like a size 8 and the titlebar looks around 10 - 12.any idea why this happens?

thanks

merlin(798):
as far as i know, if a rar file has recovery record it is possible to repair damaged rar file. but zip? i dont know.

well... it's me again. and my question is: do you know how to extract a partial downloaded .zip file? winrar is not able to open it.

don't be pal... you are a great help :-)

merlin(795):

sometimes i just forget about xp home. (i have xp pro) sorry.

1) no systeminfo.exe on my xp home
2) msinfo2.exe - i do not see any date
3) your script works fine! thanks

merlin(792):

i am still using winxp and this command works fine. maybe you dont have the systeminfo.exe in your computer., also there is msinfo32.exe in xp that displays sys informations. btw here is a vbscript for something similar: http://www.sendspace.com/file/xd5i7u

last line is the install date. also works on my xp.

thats alright des. thanks for trying anyway

negative! "the command "systeminfo" cannot be found or is written not properly" - this is what i get here :-(... please remember i only have xp.

run cmd.exe then type systeminfo, then enter. you will see a bunch of system informations. look for original install date.

i truly apologize but i don't get it des. cmd.exe - ok. and then? what does "systeminfo" mean here?

merlin(788):

cmd.exe > systeminfo
(original install date)

hi des,

do you know if windows saves the date i installed xp on my laptop? i would like to know the exactly date. thanks

anonymous(786):

i dont know why is that, because as you can see here (my test.php), it works fine. w-t-f? i am out of ideas.

i copied that code and made a new .php with it. i typed august, lowercase, hit submit and nothing happened. the url changed though. ?sendmail=yes was added to the end.

here on this server this test.php i made works well. http://whoseline.isgreat.org/temp/test.php

if you type august and press the button it is ok. if you type anything else there, it is not ok. simple as hell. try it. i will completely rewrite the whole send mail system today.

http://paste-it.net/public/qdfbf6d/

it will work keep trying.

man, i don't even know anymore. i have made the changes you suggested, but i keep getting that error.

ok.

use this mailform.php. the antispam answer is 15.
http://paste-it.net/public/q707d37/

i modified it so if antispam = 15 the mail will be sent otherwise it wont.

oh . i might know what is the problem here.

$sp = strtolower(date("f"));
echo $sp;

because it is an uppercase f!!! stupid msgboard "bug"

interesting. i dont see any anomalies. do some test with this date commands.
http://www.pctalknet.com/php/date.php

use day name, whatever you want and see what is the output. it should have worked though.

http://www.ominous-silence.x10.mx/phpinfo.php

create a file and paste this into it:
<?php

phpinfo();

?>

save as phpinfo.php then upload to your server and write the link here.

anonymous(776):

hell yeah! we found the source of the problem. of course it doesnt work! because "f" is not august. :) yes, something wrong with the server config.

here is a table what f means and the rest of the date stuffs: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php using f, should print out the name of the month.

i try to find a workaround for this, but if i cant, you need to use an other validation. like 5+5=? or something similar.