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This should work for any build of Windows XP including SP2.

1.) First, we'll be using a utility called ResHacker to do this. ResHacker allows you to edit system resources. It's amazingly fun (but potentially very dangerous). You can download it here:

http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/

2.) Next thing, we're going to make a copy of Explorer.exe.... so go to C:/WINDOWS, and find explorer.exe. Press Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste. Rename the copied version to something like explorer_mod. The original explorer.exe will be your backup.

3.) Now open ResHacker, go to File > Open, and browse for your explorer_mod file. Double click it to open it up.

4.) In the tree view on the left, double click String Table, and then double click "37". Finally, click 1033.

5.) In the first line within the brackets, you'll see the word "start". That's the current text of your start button. Change it to anything that you'd like. The longer it is, the bigger the start button will be (it auto-sizes itself). If you get rid of that line with start in it entirely, your start button will disappear I don't exactly recommend that though, unless this is for some evil prank.

6.) Press the "Compile Script" button, and go to File > Save.

7.) Now open up regedit. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Look for the String Value key named "Shell" and change that to whatever you called the copy of Explorer.exe (in this case, we'd change it to explorer_mod.exe).

8.) Hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to open up the task manager. Go to the processes tab, and end the process "explorer.exe". Go to File > New Task (Run...) and type in Explorer_Mod (or whatever you called the copy). Hit OK, and your new start bar should pop up.

9.) if you want to get your original start button back, navigate to that registry key again, and change Shell to "explorer.exe" Then Ctrl+Alt+Del explorer_mod.exe and run explorer

OMFG ANOTHER PERSON WHO THINKS HE IS 1337 CUZ HE EDITED HIS START BUTTON WITH RES HACK!!! GET REAL> HACK YOUR OS ON YOUR OWN THROUGH CMD BY TYPING IN "edit.com" LIKE ME AND THEN YOU CAN BE CONSIDERED A ENTRY LEVEL HACKER

Lol @LaughingMan, I agree, when I use to use ResHacker to change my start button I simply considered it customisation that Microsoft forgot to add, it has nothing to do with hacking

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This is literally the 12th time I've seen this tutorial in this forum.
Learn how to search the forum for tutorials rather then copy and pasting
from another site.
We've had thousands of members do that shit and its getting annoying.

Go raseilord.

That's why I search first :)

Most of the boards i'm looking at has 2000 threads asking "PLZ HLP!" or "CAN U H4X DIS?"

Doh not Agian.... and this is not hacking this is editing (O_O)

h2oklick Wrote:Doh not Agian.... and this is not hacking this is editing (O_O)

Exactly! What's the definition of hacking really?

* A form of the verb hack
* Computer security hacking where someone attempts to defeat or exploit the security capabilities of a computer system.
* Hacking (taxicab), the illegal use of a personal vehicle to provide a taxicab service
* The act of joke thievery
* A term used in the United Kingdom for hacking someone
* The name of a specific Erbherrschaft (hereditary Lordship)
* Raising a bird of prey in an artificial nest
* A term used to describe an illegal method in football where a player will 'hack' at the feet of the other player
* A feature of a mechanical watch that stops the second hand while the watch is being set.

So i get asked the question what is a r00tk3y no no no!!! ITS who is r00tk3y
1) Havoc
2) Aggresion
3) Creative
4) Kind
5) Errection
6) Retarded

OMG IT SPELLED HACKER I DID NOT EVEN NO THAT! No i didnt just look words up. i can feel it coming in the air tonight holdon I been waitign this moment all my life solong! I can feel it in the air tonight olong? wtf