I think Fireball\'s way is the only way...

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At a first glance, I was a bit confused with a couple of \"steps\" of the whole procedure, but thankfully I found my way out of the darkness :>
So I\'m posting this message \'cos I think there could be others to find themselves in the same difficulties as I did.
1st.(Fireball\'s words: Expand your \"winlogon.ex_\" from install CD and have it prepared for the first safe login... )
-There is an EXPAND.EXE file in the install CD
Run the command prompt from programs menu like this:
(yourCDdrive):>expand winlogon.ex_ c:(destination folder)
and then rename the expanded winlogon.ex_ to winlogon.exe and save it for later (to edit with ultra-edit32)
2nd.(Fireball\'s words:Change position 39662h (or 39660h sometimes) 8B D1 57 33 C0 ..... with these bytes C7 06 01 00 00 00 83 EE 04 C3 ) Easy to say in simple words like this but it took me a while to get the point

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-there is this line:
00039660h: EB E9 8B D1 57 33 C0 89 02 89 42 08 89 42 10 89
that should end up to look like this:
00039660h: EB E9 C7 06 01 00 00 00 83 EE 04 C3 89 42 10 89
...so put the cursor over number 8 and start typing C7 06... until C3
-the characters will be substituted every time you type (not moved to the right like I initially thought..)
Save.. and the work is done.. :> taraahhh
3rd.(Fireball\'s words:Be *SURE* youv made this winlogon swap at the *FIRST* login (safe mode) immediatelly after install.)
-You should press F8 even before you see the green valley for the first time!
Right after the setup\'s countdown arrives at 0 min. left, windows will reboot automatically.
When the monitor goes black you can start pressing F8

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-you might get a promt like: \"choose device to boot from\" - choose HardDisk and continue pressing F8 until you get the SAFE MODE options.
-choose the first one.. (safe mode)
-the system will log you in as administrator..
-then from tools->folder options->view->choose to view hidden files and folders and show extentions for known file types...
-locate windowssystem32dllcachewinlogon.exe and rename it into \"winlogon.exe.orig\"
-copy modified winlogon into dllcache dir
-locate windowssystem32winlogon.exe and rename it the same way
-copy modified winlogon into system32 dir
-reboot, all done

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