problem after using dreamscene crack

yes unfortunately I tried a dreamscene crack to enable it on my premium
edition and its got all wrong. after running the batch file and
rebooting, whenever I try to go to the personalize page all i get is
"page failed to load". now I dont know how to fix or, and the downside
is that I didnt create a restore point before trying the crack.
im hoping someone else has tried the same crack, ended up with the same
problem and hopefully fixed it. the crack was NonUltimateDreamScene.zip.

anyone with some ideas? (and not "its your own fault" comments lol)


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Rud

Rud wrote:

> yes unfortunately I tried a dreamscene crack to enable it on my
> premium edition and its got all wrong. after running the batch file
> and rebooting, whenever I try to go to the personalize page all i get
> is "page failed to load". now I dont know how to fix or, and the
> downside is that I didnt create a restore point before trying the
> crack.
> im hoping someone else has tried the same crack, ended up with the
> same problem and hopefully fixed it. the crack was
> NonUltimateDreamScene.zip.
>
> anyone with some ideas? (and not "its your own fault" comments lol)

Post the contents of the batch file: it sure will tell something useful to
understand what happened.
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News Microsoft

You don't say if System Restore is turned on or not. You just say that YOU
did not create a restore point.
By default, it is automatically turned on, and you would have restore
points. Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore.

"Rud" wrote:

>
> yes unfortunately I tried a dreamscene crack to enable it on my premium
> edition and its got all wrong. after running the batch file and
> rebooting, whenever I try to go to the personalize page all i get is
> "page failed to load". now I dont know how to fix or, and the downside
> is that I didnt create a restore point before trying the crack.
> im hoping someone else has tried the same crack, ended up with the same
> problem and hopefully fixed it. the crack was NonUltimateDreamScene.zip.
>
> anyone with some ideas? (and not "its your own fault" comments lol)
>
>
> --
> Rud
>

Here's the batch file:

<quote>

@echo off
TITLE Windows DreamScene for non-Ultimate Vista
echo.
echo Windows DreamScene for non-Ultimate Vista
echo for Windows Vista Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and
Enterprise Editions
echo.
echo (c) My Digital Life (www.mydigitallife.info)
echo.
echo.
echo Confirm to install? (Press Ctrl-C and answer Y to terminate)
pause
echo.
echo.

copy DreamScene.dll to %WinDir%\System32\DreamScene.dll /y
copy DreamScene.dll to %WinDir%\System32\en-US\DreamScene.dll /y

takeown /f %WinDir%\System32\themecpl.dll
icacls %WinDir%\System32\themecpl.dll /grant "%username%":f
copy %WinDir%\System32\themecpl.dll %WinDir%\System32\themecpl.dll.original
copy themecpl.dll %WinDir%\System32\themecpl.dll /y

takeown /f %WinDir%\System32\en-US\themecpl.dll.mui
icacls %WinDir%\System32\en-US\themecpl.dll.mui /grant "%username%":f
copy %WinDir%\System32\en-US\themecpl.dll.mui
%WinDir%\System32\en-US\themecpl.dll.mui.original
copy themecpl.dll.mui %WinDir%\System32\en-US\themecpl.dll.mui /y

mkdir "%WinDir%\Web\Windows DreamScene"

reg import DreamScene.reg
echo.
echo *** Windows DreamScene installation completed. ***
echo.
pause

<end>

But I don't see anything of immediate concern there, just changes of
permissions to allow manuevering of system files. Of more concern to me is
the .reg file that is part of it (referred to as import dreamscene.reg near
the end of the batch). This file changes a lot of the power control keys and
one of these changes is more than likely the culprit. My first thought would
be to either run System Restore from a command prompt, or to grab the last
known good configuration from the boot menu to undo the changes.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Villi Bernaroli" <> wrote in message
news:eDN3$...
> Rud wrote:
>
>> yes unfortunately I tried a dreamscene crack to enable it on my
>> premium edition and its got all wrong. after running the batch file
>> and rebooting, whenever I try to go to the personalize page all i get
>> is "page failed to load". now I dont know how to fix or, and the
>> downside is that I didnt create a restore point before trying the
>> crack.
>> im hoping someone else has tried the same crack, ended up with the
>> same problem and hopefully fixed it. the crack was
>> NonUltimateDreamScene.zip.
>>
>> anyone with some ideas? (and not "its your own fault" comments lol)
>
> Post the contents of the batch file: it sure will tell something useful to
> understand what happened.
> --
> News Microsoft
>

"Rud" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> yes unfortunately I tried a dreamscene crack to enable it on my premium
> edition and its got all wrong. after running the batch file and
> rebooting, whenever I try to go to the personalize page all i get is
> "page failed to load". now I dont know how to fix or, and the downside
> is that I didnt create a restore point before trying the crack.
> im hoping someone else has tried the same crack, ended up with the same
> problem and hopefully fixed it. the crack was NonUltimateDreamScene.zip.
>
> anyone with some ideas? (and not "its your own fault" comments lol)
>
>
> --
> Rud

As Rick has said you may be able to regress back to a last known good state
by system restore or a backup you may have.
If all else fails a reinstall may be necessary.

Obviously the lesson here is that if you want to use a feature of a product
you should actually buy that product and not try and hack another one to run
software that you are not licensed or have paid to use.

--

Mike Brannigan

"Mike Brannigan" wrote:
> Obviously the lesson here is that if you want to use a feature of a product
> you should actually buy that product and not try and hack another one to run
> software that you are not licensed or have paid to use.

I must say that I wholeheartedly agree with Mike, but even more important is
that you should not fanny around with a live system. I know that you may
think that is not very helpful but if it prevents someone from installing
"something" on a live system without testing it on a backed up or spare pc
first, then it's been worth writing.

Tom

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:15:42 -0500, Rud <>
wrote:

>
>yes unfortunately I tried a dreamscene crack to enable it on my premium
>edition and its got all wrong. after running the batch file and
>rebooting, whenever I try to go to the personalize page all i get is
>"page failed to load". now I dont know how to fix or, and the downside
>is that I didnt create a restore point before trying the crack.
>im hoping someone else has tried the same crack, ended up with the same
>problem and hopefully fixed it. the crack was NonUltimateDreamScene.zip.
>
>anyone with some ideas? (and not "its your own fault" comments lol)

Just progressively try older Restore points until you fix the problem.
The system on it's own every so often makes a restore point. Learn
more on how to select a Restore Point in Vista's build-in help system.

yeah ive managed to do a system restore....yay

I read somewhere that the batch file doesnt actually work, bad writing
or something so thats probably what has caused the error for me.

thanx guys


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Rud