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hacking/skinning the MCP core

January 19, 2004 12:30:50 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Every time I start my machine, I see the MCP core picture: Stardock Object Desktop, and I watched all my programs load. I am really starting to get bored of this picture, so I thought of using ResHacker to change it. The only problem is that I do not know what the name of the exe/dll which has the MCP core on it is. Does anyone know what this exe/dll is?

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nkannan99
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Reply #1 January 19, 2004 12:35:46 PM
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WOM wonders what your talking about.
I don't get that when my machine starts up.

Hum.

Can't wait till someone else has an answer so I can find out whats up.



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Reply #2 January 19, 2004 12:40:41 PM
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It'll probably be in one of the files in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Stardock



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Reply #3 January 19, 2004 12:50:39 PM
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It clearly says that you can hide it by hitting ESC.....

...after hitting esc you should never see it again......
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Reply #4 January 19, 2004 1:06:27 PM
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I liek it because it hides whats its doing.

give me a little nkannan99 and I'll figure it out for you, or if you can do it at all.

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Reply #5 January 19, 2004 1:24:32 PM
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#1 by JourneyMan WOM - 1/19/2004 12:35:46 PM
WOM wonders what your talking about.

I don't get that when my machine starts up.

Hum.

Can't wait till someone else has an answer so I can find out whats up.


There's only a few programs activates it i think, when ObjectBar, DesktopX and perhaps Tab Launchpad is enabled for start up.
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Reply #6 January 19, 2004 1:50:26 PM
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I GOT IT. it is c:/program files/common files/sdmpc.exe!!! (you may have a different drive letter)

Thank you so much everyone!!!

When you open it with ResHacker, there is a PNG file labelled 109. you can replace with the png file of your choice and it will load. To replace the progress bar, simply replace the bmp. This is sooooooooooooooo cool! wow!!! If you ask me, Stardock should make their MPC core skinnable. Then I wouldnt have had to go through all this trouble.


I have started a new revolution of hacking the MPC core!!! Someday in the future, Wincustomize will make a section of MPC core pictures!!! Yay!!!
MWAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH


THIS IS SO COOL



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Reply #7 January 19, 2004 1:51:41 PM
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BTW, for those of you who dont know, the MPC core is that thing that says Stardock Object Desktop when you load up ur machine and loads up programs such as ObjectBar and DesktopX



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Reply #8 January 19, 2004 1:52:03 PM
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I just found it and was going to post it, but I was several seconds late.
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Reply #9 January 19, 2004 2:00:35 PM
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Hmm, mine just flashes very quickly. I never see it.
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Reply #10 January 19, 2004 2:04:13 PM
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I've never even seen this



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Reply #11 January 19, 2004 3:14:06 PM
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lol. My MPC core shows for about 2 min (400mhz)



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Reply #12 January 19, 2004 3:19:07 PM
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I have successfully hacked mpc core!!!

Next step- hack the logon screen on win2k.
Mwahahahahaha

can someone help me???
Please reply to a new thread I started- hacking/skinning the logon screen in win2k




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Reply #13 January 19, 2004 3:32:22 PM
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This is the hacked picture I am using:








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Reply #14 January 19, 2004 3:52:39 PM
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uh-oh macattack.

anyway. In my opinion I think you are at the wrong site for registry editting and file hacking. There is nothing wrong with either in my opinion, but this site is more geared towards skins and family...not techie stuff.

one good site to macanize your pc is http://www.aquasoft.org

another good site to learn about all these little tweaks and a good place to find other sites about them is http://www.neowin.net

I hope you can find what you are looking for
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Reply #15 January 19, 2004 5:27:22 PM
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Resource Hacking is not something we wildly promote as 'mistakes' can cause unfortunate results.

Also, Hacking these resources is generally a violation of the Company's EULA [learn about that one first]...and did I mention that this site is owned by Stardock which means.............

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Reply #16 January 19, 2004 6:13:53 PM
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Well if he starts another thread wondering how its crashing you'll know why. Sometimes during SDC update when it asks to reboot your machine usually because its updated MCP core files. So he might loose his new compiled images.
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Reply #17 January 19, 2004 6:20:21 PM
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Why would you even WANT to hack your system? most times even styleXP messes stuff up I can't imagine what would happen if you hack all these things, decide to change it, and your system crashes for good.
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Reply #18 January 19, 2004 6:28:58 PM
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Kona....various skinning forms originated by people hacking proggies to create the changes.  Winamp's first skin was a hack....which led to all those since.

The only issue is with 'legality' and safety.  I've hacked things and killed them when I got it wrong....and that's a fun issue if it's a system file that's critical to the OS...

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Reply #19 January 19, 2004 6:30:25 PM
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with xp is not nearly as big as a problem. you saw my other thread. I totally whacked out my system and I had it back up and running in an hour.

Now I know I could of fixed it in 5 minutes
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Reply #20 January 19, 2004 7:51:30 PM
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I really dont think it is illegal to change a few images in a program. About stability, in my opinion, trying to "blind" or mask your computer causes way more problems than hacking it.



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Reply #21 January 19, 2004 7:54:43 PM
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If Stardock really didnt want ppl to hack the MCP core, they would make it skinnable : )



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Reply #22 January 19, 2004 7:59:49 PM
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sdmcp

no process viewer?
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Reply #23 January 19, 2004 8:32:47 PM
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If Stardock really didnt want ppl to hack the MCP core, they would make it skinnable : )

I think you'll find that the EULA tells you what Stardock 'wants and doesn't want'.

You are granted permission to use the program, not to abuse it by reverse engineering...

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Reply #24 January 19, 2004 8:36:54 PM
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#20 by Citizen nkannan99 - 1/19/2004 7:51:30 PM I really dont think it is illegal to change a few images in a program



Now that statement has got to be the most incorrect one I have seen in awhile.
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Reply #25 January 19, 2004 8:40:28 PM
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mmm, I was thinking he wanted to stop it from loading....

IPlural should RTFT first
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