Change start menu text on XP

Here is a simple way to do this

Step 1 – Modify Explorer.exe
File
In order to make the changes,
the file explorer.exe located at C:
\Windows needs to be edited.
Since explorer.exe is a binary file
it requires a special editor. For
This purpose I have
used Resource Hacker. Resource
HackerTM is a freeware utility to
view, modify, rename, add,
delete and extract resources in
32bit Windows executables and
resource files (*.res). It
incorporates an internal resource
script compiler and decompiler
and works on Win95, Win98,
WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and
WinXP operating systems.
Navigate here , type resource hacker in search box and download it.
The first step is to make a
backup copy of the file
explorer.exe located at C:
\Windows\explorer. Place it in a
folder somewhere on your hard
drive where it will be safe. Start
Resource Hacker and open
explorer.exe located at C:
\Windows\explorer.exe

The category we are going to be
using is String Table. Expand it
by clicking the plus sign then
navigate down to and expand
string 37 followed by
highlighting 1033. If you are
using the Classic Layout rather
than the XP Layout, use number
38. The right hand pane will
display the stringtable. We’re going to modify
item 578, currently showing the
word “start” just as it displays
on the current Start button.
There is no magic here. Just
double click on the word “start”
so that it’s highlighted, making
sure the quotation marks are not
part of the highlight. They need
to remain in place, surrounding
the new text that you’ll type. Go
ahead and type your new entry.


You’ll
notice that after the new text
string has been entered the
Compile Script button that was
grayed out in is now
active. I won’t get into
what’s involved in compiling a
script, but suffice it to say it’s
going to make this exercise
worthwhile. Click Compile Script
and then save the altered file
using the Save As command on
the File Menu. Do not use the
Save command – Make sure to
use the Save As command and
choose a name for the file. Save the newly named
file to C:\Windows.

Step 2 – Modify the Registry
.
Now that the modified
explorer.exe has been created
it’s necessary to modify the
registry so the file will be
recognized when the user logs
on to the system. If you don’t
know how to access the registry
. I’m not sure this article is for
you, but just in case it’s a
temporary memory lapse, go to
Start (soon to be something else)
Run and type regedit in the
Open: field. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\
CurrentVersion\Winlogon

.
In the right pane, double
click the Shell entry to open the
Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line,
enter the name that was used to
save the modified explorer.exe
file. Click OK.
Close Registry Editor and either
log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if
that’s your preference. If all went
as planned you should see your
new Start button with the
revised text...

Mourning Dawn...

Its morning dawn, sun took the stead
Me on roof, sun heed and said
I am the light that lits everything
There is nothing that i haven't read
I turned to it, and onto i said
I am still sleaping, can u lit my head
Though there is nothing, in gardens u havent seen
The one in my mind, have u read?
It angrily roled, and loudly told
I am the one who heats things red
Without me apparent, u will die of cold
There wont be spring but winter instead
Looking down, I modestly said
The heat within me, could u led?
U are foced to do it, u dont know then
I like the winter, can u go for rest,
Sun got silent and started to rise
I asked with mull, thinking by chest
Why u are strict, or restricted to single lane
What u follow, whats in that west
Giving a smile, it now simply said
Its my Master's hall, for whom i shed
I am nothing, its my creed of creation
I have got to follow; of what i get
Paying off, it left my nest
It headed towards other to take the test
Haider got through it, because of similar luck
Strangely i am sitting in shade with a hat...