Thanks,
Mark

after you made the new dll file, save to desktop
reboot in safe mode by pressing f8 durring boot

then delete old dll then just drag and drop
then Reboot.

Email me and let me know if this works!
chris_8250@verizon.net

Hope this Helps!

1. Uncheck the Windows Startup Sound
2. Highlight Windows Login and browse for the sound you prefer.
3. Click apply
4. Reboot

If you are single user like me, this will give you the desired result. Multi Users will be stuck with the Windows Login sound you chose.

PS: This might only work if you manage to rename then delete the imageres.dll file before entering safe mode.

Look at God.

I’ve been able to do this once successfully using the listed instructions, in Safe Mode on the Administrator account, but when I tried to do it afterwards using the same procedure, it gave me the file permission mumbo jumbo.

For anyone who’s still having this problem, make sure you try WhipsAudio.com’s suggestion about changing the advanced permissions. Then, make a backup of the original for safety. Once you do that, go into Safe Mode in the Administrator account.

If you’re administrator account doesn’t show up, run “cmd” from the Start –> Run dialog and type in: Net user administrator /active:yes

After running ResHack with admin privileges, open up the file straight from System32 and edit it. Navigate to the wave file and right-click; choose to replace the resource. Make sure to use “WAVE” as Resource Type and “5051″ as the Resource Name. You don’t need to put in the language code.

If this doesn’t work still, due to the file permission error, then you can try erasing the file using Eraser: http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/. I’ve found that the windows deletion command doesn’t work. Just install that baby (which is a great app anyway) in normal Windows for all users. Then, make a copy of imageres.dll, maybe in the Public folders, and edit it to your liking. Reboot into Administrator in Safe Mode, navigate to System32, and delete the original dll using Eraser. Then, you just copy in the file you made. That’s how I was able to do it the second time.

just try to keep the song/music/tone(s) to a minimal playing time

i tried to add one that lasts 1:32 but only 38 seconds of it played…

then i modified it down to 38 seconds and it played less… and everytime i messed with it it just got less and less playing time, so luckilly i backed up the first one i did and i just put that one back there!!.

(these instructions are for reshack

-step 1, you need to give reshack privileges.
- right click reshack icon, go to properties then click the compatibility tab and check “run this program as administrator”

-step2, open up reshack
- click file, open, then navigate to C:\windows\system32\imageres.dll.
- open up the imageres.dll
- click WAVE folder, then click 5051 folder, click 1033 then right click it.
- click replace resource
- click “open file with new resource” and choose your wave file. (to change
a wav file to wave, find the option to show extensions in the name)
- click replace then type in the following boxes:
Resource Type: WAVE
Resource Name: 5051
Resource language: 1033
- click replace

-And step3, check to see if it is the correct sound and save
- again click WAVE then 5051 then 1033 and press play
- should be your new sound
- if so, then click file, save
- finish

*in the end, there will be two imageres.dll files in the system32 folder. one being imageres.dll (the one you created) and imageres_original.dll. i left the imageres_original.dll inside and everything seems to work fine, but you can try to take it out if you want.

I hope this helps. i could not figure out why it wouldnt let me save the new imageres.dll. it kept saying “cant rename original file bla bla” but all i did was click the “run program as administrator” (step 1) and it worked.