RejZoR's little secrets

Yesterday i got my new soundcard, the famous ASUS Xonar Essence STX. However first thing that cought my eye was butt ugly tray icon. Blue and black mother of all uglyness. Yuck. So i've made my own in 10 seconds with Paint.NET, IcoFX and ResHacker. It's nothing fancy but still light years better than original one. Anyone who wants to swap it for my new one, here is how you can do it.

First and most important is to exit the Xonar tray icon. Right click it and select "Exit"!
Now download ResHacker, unpack it somewhere and run ResHacker.exe (Run as Administrator if using Vista/Win7), click "File" in toolbar menu and then "Open..."
Navigate to:
C:\Program Files\ASUS Xonar Essence STX Audio\Customapp

...select AsusAudioCenter.exe and click "Open".

Download this icon file and save it somewhere.

Now go to ResHacker again and select "Action" and then "Replace Icon..."
Select "Open file with new icon..." and select the stx.ico (the one you've downloaded few seconds ago).
Now click "Replace" button below.

Final step is to save the changes, so click "File" menu button again and then "Save".
Reshacker will modify the file and automatically create a backup file in the same folder where original is located. Thats why it's very important to run ResHacker with "Run as Administrator", otherwise it will probably fail to patch the file and make a backup.

And now the results (first icon in traybar is from Xonar Essence)...

Old icon:


New icon:


Looks much better doesn't it? Enjoy!

Here it is, finally the proper Need for Speed 4: High Stakes Vista Patch that i've been working on for a very long time. Thats right, you will be able to play Need for Speed High Stakes on Windows XP and Windows Vista (32bit or 64bit). And thats not all, this patch package also includes official NFS4 patch v4.50, High Poly Patch and updated Direct3D game engine. Everything you need for best racing experience.
Parts of this patch were made by Martin Leps (High Poly fix) and RunR (the actual compatibility SDB module).

Btw, when you run the game you have to click "Cancel" on the file integrity check screen and click Back button several times until you reach main menu. It takes some time to start the game and there is no intro video, but you can enjoy everything else just the same as you did when the game was released back in 1999.

PATCH REQUIREMENTS:
- Windows XP or Vista (32bit & 64bit)
- properly installed retail Need for Speed 4: High Stakes game (english version)

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Changelog:
1.0 - Initial release