First of all , go to C:\Windows\Branding\ShellBrd and have a manual copy of shellbrd.dll ; so that you can restore it in future .
The actual tutorial is divided into two parts : Part : I - Drawing the Logo
1. Start Photoshop ... open a new document with 157x151 pixels , let the background be transparent at the start .
2. Now fill the document with black , place your desired image on it ( You may resize it to fit in the place (Edit>Free Transform ; Hold shift and drag mouse ) . When done , Hold control and click on the logo layer to select the logo (layer 2 in example) .
3. Now click on Channels pallet , four are already there ... RGB , red , green and blue . Click at the new channel button at the bottom of the pallet ; it will add a new channel Alpha1 , and at the same time will make the other channels invisible
4. Now , with the channles pallet selected , pot the rounded brush tool (size say 100 pixels) , make it sure that the foreground color is white and background color is black , and fill the selected (previously, instep 2) part with white. So now your channels pallet looks like the shot below
5. Now click on the vacant box in front of RGB channel to make the other four layers visible again , Get back to layers pallet and flatten the image . Save it as 32 bit BMP file on Desktop , and the first part is done .
Part : II - Modifying and Replacing
6. Start Resource Hacker .... go to C:\Windows\Branding\ShellBrd , and open shellbrd.dll with it .
7. Expand Bitmap > 1050 > 1033 ; Cilck on Action > Replace Bitmap , and replace the existing with the just made one . NOTE:(for 125% resolution it will be 2050>1033 and for 150% it will be 3050>1033)
8. Save the result as shellbrd.dll on desktop .
9. Open System File Replacer, and replace the original dll with the modded one ( you may do it manually too , and you are to take ownership if the file which is shought to be replaced for this purpose ).
10. Restart your computer , and you are done . This is the result belowthat I got .
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Win7 HP (x64)/Win7 Ultimate (x64) CPU Core i7 920 Motherboard Intel X58 Memory 6 x 2GB Corsair XMS3 Graphics Card CF HD4890 Sound Card Asus Xonar Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2408WFP Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Keyboard Razer Lycosa/N52te Mouse Razer Lachesis PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Antec 1200 Hard Drives 2 x 150GB WDC Velociraptors (Raid 0)
1 x 1TB Seagate
1 x 1.5TB Seagate
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Assembled OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit SP 1 CPU Intel Core i3 2120 @ 3.30GHz Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H61M-DS2 DVI Memory Corsair 2GB x2 (Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz) Graphics Card 2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International) Sound Card Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio) Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron E2040T Screen Resolution 1600x900
Keyboard Logitech MK220 Mouse Logitech MK220 PSU uMAX 750 watt. Case iBall Cooling Air/ Fans Hard Drives Western Digital 1 TB
Seagate 500 GB Internet Speed BSNL Broadband Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Waterfox Other Info Dell Studio 15" Laptop
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. OS Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (desktop) CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R Memory 2x 2GB OCZ DDR II SDRAM PC2-6400 Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT Monitor(s) Displays HP 2009m(primary), Acer P191W Screen Resolution 1600x900, 1440x900
Keyboard Logitech Wave Mouse Logitech M-SBF90 PSU Antec Earthwatts EA500D Case Antec Sonata III Cooling 4 fans Hard Drives Internal:WD Caviar Black 640GB 32MB cache 7200RPM
External:Samsung Story Station 1TB HDD desktop drive
500GB Toshiba portable drive Internet Speed Slow due to home Wireless-G router Antivirus MSE, Hitman Pro, Malwarebytes Browser Chrome and Palemoon Other Info Laptop....Acer 5750Z-4835
15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit LCD Display: (1366x768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)
Intel® Pentium® Processor B940 (2.0GHz, 2MB L3 cache)
Windows® 7 Home Premium,500GB Hard Drive,4GB DDR3 RAM, Intel® HD Graphics,8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader,802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
Chrome and Palemoon, MSE, Hitman Pro
I have no knowledge of how to use PS and do not possess the software; if you have the time would you please make this usable for me and I will be eternally grateful?
BareFootKid: just create the same size and type (bmp i think he said) file that he created in photoshop using any image editor and you should be fine. You dont need to worry about all of the layers and special editing he did in PS. He just made his look really nice.
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 8 Professional CPU AMD Phenom II X6 Motherboard ASUS Memory 8 GB Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon 4890 Monitor(s) Displays Dual 22" LCD Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Mouse Razr Mamba PSU 750 watt Hard Drives PC Drives
HD0 = Crucial SSD 128gb Sata III
HD1 = 300gb (Seagate Barracuda)
NAS
HD0 = 1.5TB (Maxtor) Raid1
HD1 = 1.5TB (Maxtor) Raid1
HD2 = 1TB (Segate) Raid5
HD3 = 1TB (Segate) Raid5
HD4 = 1TB (Segate) Raid5
HD5 = 1TB (Segate) Raid5 Internet Speed 50 down 35 up FIOS
BareFootKid: just create the same size and type (bmp i think he said) file that he created in photoshop using any image editor and you should be fine. You dont need to worry about all of the layers and special editing he did in PS. He just made his look really nice.
Thank you for the info but I want mine to look really nice that's why I uploaded the original, full size image for him to use.
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Keyboard Dell Mouse Dell Optical Internet Speed 40meg
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Keyboard Generic Laptop Keyboard Mouse Touch Pad Cooling Direct ; generic fan Hard Drives 500 GB Primary Master@7200rpm + 1 TB External HDD Internet Speed 3.1 Mbps wireless Broadband Other Info Generic Dock
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How to change windows logo on logon screen? 
