Change your 'Start' button to say anything else you want
 

First thing you need to do is download Resource Hacker here: http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/

Next, follow my instructions exactly or fuck up your system (if you don't understand PCs very well then don't try this):

You need to hack explorer.exe to change the XP start button, but it's an important file, so make a backup before you start:
Open Windows Explorer and locate explorer.exe in your c:\windows\ directory. Make a copy of the file in the same directory and name it explorer.bak.

Next: Run the Resource Hacker: Choose File, then Open, and open c:windows\explorer.exe. Go to String Table>37>1033, where you should see "start." Change this to whatever you want, as many letters as you want.

Next, click on the button labeled "Compile Script." Now go to File, and click Save As. Save the file as Explorer_new.exe. You can't save it as Explorer.exe because Explorer.exe is currently in use. Close all programs and restart your system.

Boot to Safe Mode with Command Prompt (F8 on startup). Log on as an administrator.

Type copy c:\windows\explorer_new.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe then hit ENTER. Type yes and hit ENTER, then close the command prompt by typing exit.

When the Command Prompt closes, hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete and click on “Shutdown” in the box that opens, then chose Restart.

After rebooting, the start button will be changed. :thumbsup:

yeah I saw this about a year ago on theeldergeek.org, its pretty cool. My button used to say "Go!" but it doesn't work with the new windows skin I'm using.

I forgot to mention that: if you use a skinning program then this probably won't make a difference to your Start button.

cool.. i'd do it but i like skins :)

The time and effort required to do this isn't worth it imo. I'd rather tape some duct tape over the button and write what I wanted on top of it. :P But then again i'm just lazy.


Good Times~

This reminded me of the http://www.afrotechmods.com/ site, great cheap Ideas here!
~Crack

Mine says "PANIC". Good times...

Heh..I remember reading this up in somewhere else. I never actually tried it beacuse of the risk of messing up my computer xD.

Ha. Worked like a charm. Mine now says "Go Baby Go" :)

Cool. I'm glad people are using my tip. :)

Dude, afrotech owns me. I love the original site design and it's got some cool shit on there :P I'd like to see some of them done and etc.


Good Times~

lol i made mine say "Stop"

i copied the directions to my desktop for the safemode with dos... and so i had to do that part a little round about way but its all good...

i think tweakxp has this option also

http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclock/

TClock has your answer.

I really want to try this but it almost seems too complicated to be worth it

d'oh! and i'm already using Tclock ;)

I used to use that program... Make the taskbar nice and transparent.. *ooooh* *aaaahhh*

Dont know why Im not still... Guess I just didnt reinstall last time I reformatted.

does TClock work with XP?