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Change Logon Image?!?

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Does Anyone know how to change the logon image in AIM? I foung Logon Images Here but I can figure out how to use them. I downloaded ResHacker and was just skimming through some of AIM's Recources and I didn't find anything. If anyone can figure this out please help. Oh yea, somebody here should make an AIM+ one and submit it too... Just a Thought. :)
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AimRes.dll

GIFDATA\103\1033

Use Action->Replace other resource. It has to be a GIF image.
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Hey hey, I can help ya with that one :)
First get resource hacker aka "ResHack": http://anton.concord.ru/ftp/reshack/ResHack.zip

once you have that, unzip it into a folder, nothing to install...
  • completely quit AIM, not just sign off, exit the program
  • run ResHacker.exe and go up to FILE>OPEN>aimres.dll
    This is located in C:\Program Files\AIM95\aimres.dll
    If you have 5.2.3139 I believe it installs into C:\Program Files\AIM\aimres.dll
  • on the left hand side in ResHack go to GIF DATA>103>1033
  • right click on the 1033 and click "replace resource"
  • in the window that pops up click on "open file with new resource..." and find the new image you wish to use
  • in the next 3 boxes type this for each box:
  • resource type: GIFDATA
  • resource name: 103
  • resource language: 1033
  • click "replace" near the bottom of that window
  • go up to FILE>SAVE
  • exit the program
  • run AIM/AIM+ and enjoy
fyi...you can make your own image and make it have the dimensions of 190x150

fyi#2...ResHack automatically saves a "aimres_original.dll" incase you mess something up after you've saved aimres.dll, you can delete the new one, remove "_original" and use that original aimres.dll...each time you save though, it overwrites "aimres_original.dll" if there is already one in there I belive...so don't mess things up twice hehe...you can just reinstall if you cant get it back to normal :)

EDIT: BAH! dang it, i spent like 20 minutes making my reply and Master Jedi beat me to it haha :(
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Post by Walker »

Thanks That Really helped, but still someone needs to make an AIM+ one...
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An AIM+ one...
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Post by []DaT_MaNN03 »

hey master jedi how did u get the black windows xp format?? i only have siler blue n the olive
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Post by fuuucckkers »

The black menu bar? Those are titlebar colors. You can set that through the Appearance options in the Display properties..

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It's StyleXP... Look at the buttons... The shape is diffrent.
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Post by fuuucckkers »

Well fine then!! But you also do it with just a plain black TitleBar.. so there!
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lol..... i wonder who that must be

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Post by []DaT_MaNN03 »

yeah i have windows xp n i was wondering how u get the black style mine only has blue siler n olive..
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PhaseDMA is right. Get stylexp.
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Plasma2002b wrote: lol..... i wonder who that must be

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.........hence the unnoticed sarcasm :wink:
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