the ability to remove someone else's brand from my computer and replace it with my own. In Windows 2000 and earlier, before system file protection, it was poss

the ability to remove someone else's brand from my computer and replace it with my own. In Windows 2000 and earlier, before system file protection, it was possible to use a resource editor and/or a specially crafted BMP file to change system icons, boot animations, start menu imagery, login screen, etc. With a hex editor you could change any UI text, too. I had a heavily customized W2K alongside my heavily customized Linux (even started working on my own graphical boot animations and graphical login for the text console as part of a media-focused distro project I had joined).