Shutting down… Text Message – Change – Windows 7 Forums

Shutting down… Text Message – Change – Windows 7 Forums.

EXAMPLE: Default and Changed “Shutting down…” Text Message at Shut Down
NOTE: By default you get a Shutting Down… message right after the Logging off… message when you shut down the computer.

OPTION ONE

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Change “Shutting down…” Text Message at Shut Down

1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Windows\System32\en-US\wininit.exe.mui. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: The en-US folder is in English Windows 7 copies. If you have a non-English Windows 7 copy, then this folder will have a different name reflecting your language instead.

2. Take ownership of the wininit.exe.mui file with your user account, and set it’s permissions to Allow your user account Full Control. Close Windows Explorer when finished.

3. If you have not already, then download and install Resource Hacker 3.5.2.84 Beta (or newer version if available).

4. Right click on the Resource Hacker shortcut in Start Menu – All Programs, then click on Run as administrator. (see screenshot below)

5. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

6. In Resource Hacker, click on File and Open. (see screenshot below)

7. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\en-US, select All Files (*.*) in the Files of type drop down box, select the wininit.exe.mui file, then click on the Open button. (see screenshot below)

8. In the left pane of Resource Hacker, expand String Table, and 63, to 1033. (see screenshot below)

9. In the right pane of 1033, replace the Shutting down… text in quotes at the 1002 location with the text you want instead (ex: Turning off computer…) within quotes, then click on the Compile Script button. (see screenshot above and below)

10. Click on File and Save, then close Resource Hacker. (see screenshot below)

11. Open the Start Menu and click on Shut Down in the arrow menu to see the changes made.
WARNING: This will shut down the computer, so be sure to save anything that you have open first.

OPTION TWO

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Restore Default “Shutting down…” Text Message at Shut Down

1. Repeat steps 4 to 11 in OPTION ONE above, but type Shutting down… in step 9 instead.

 

 

 

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