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    custom sound in the finger print reader guide

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by The_Moo?, Feb 13, 2009.

  1. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    After knoodling it around in my head for several days, I came up with a way to change it.

    Since there was no registry or initialization file pointing to a sound file, I was pretty certain it was embedded in an exe or dll file.

    There are a couple of programs that let you sift through these files for resources like sound waves, icons, bitmaps, etc

    I used an old program called resource hacker that I've used for years, but it is no longer being developed to sift through the vitakey directory in program files and finally found the stupid kiss sound in a file called "CustomRes.dll"

    Now, while I've used this program for changing out icons, I've never used it for sound files and could not get it to work for some reason....I think it is because Resource Hacker doesn't correctly list the resource name.

    I went looking for another similar program and found Resource Tuner (free trial for use for 30 days--very nice and easier to use, might buy this one, but at $39 it's a bit high for something I would rarely need, but very nice piece of work), which worked fine, so I replaced the Kiss sound with the Windows Chime.

    There is also a program called XNResource Editor that I never quite got to that might work.

    Now, the only drawback is that the Chime wave is larger than the kiss file so (since it is larger) the sound stumbles a little as it blames...instead of chiiimme, it goes chii-imme....

    The DLL file also greatly increases in size...I think I might have better results with a smaller file

    Either way, no more KISS when I log in....
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    download

    http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/CustomRes.zip

    Extract. Reboot into safe mode

    Place the file into the
    C:\Program Files (x86)\VitaKey\AC5032
    folder

    overwrite or move what is there)

    (you may wish to make a backup of the existing file first)

    Reboot.

    You should have your new sound
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    this is all credit to gerryf19 so rep him i just brought it from the ocz forum to here :D :D :D :D :D
     
    The_Moo™, Feb 13, 2009
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  2. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    surprised no one cared?humph
     
    The_Moo™, Feb 14, 2009
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  3. pingfreak

    pingfreak Notebook Guru

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    I disabled the sound all together through the program itself.
     
    pingfreak, Feb 28, 2009
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  4. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    or maybe they like to get a little lip now and then.... :D
     
    ryujin, Feb 28, 2009
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    Hey Mr. Moo, do you have any new customres_trunk.dll files for the new Vitakey version no??
     
    bharathM17, Jun 16, 2009
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