Ubuntu Shutdown Dialog Box for Windows XP

Posted on 14 March 2009

Ubuntu doesnt have any Shutdown Dialog Box. If you are transforming Windows XP into Ubuntu then this article will help you to get ubuntu look in shutdown dialog box. So I have tried to create Ubuntu Shutdown Dialog Box for Windows XP on my imagination. If you wish then you might want to give a try.

SystemPreview3 11 Ubuntu Shutdown Dialog Box for Windows XP


To get similar shutdown dialog box as shown in the Image above, you have to follow the tutorial below:

First of all you have to download Shutdown BMPs after that Extract the file and you’ll get 4 BMPs with the name:

1.bmp
2.bmp
3.bmp
4.bmp

Now open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:

Bitmap -> 14351 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 14353 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 14354 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 14355 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 14356 -> 1033 with 3.bmp

Now save the file and open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:

Bitmap -> 20140 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 20141 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 20142 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 20143 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 20150 -> 1033 with 4.bmp

Now save the file.

If you want to transform your Windows XP into linux ubuntu then you might want to read: Transform Windows XP into linux ubuntu without using Customization Pack

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