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In first two days after installing Windows 7 I found and replaced these network tray icons.
The reason was simple: I was using local area network without internet connection and connected to the internet manually via VPN. So every time I started my PC or disconnected from the internet I saw that icon with an exclamation mark, which made me think something was wrong with my LAN-connection and reminded about unhappy days when I was unable to use my LAN because of some failures (and yeah, Windows XP showed an exclamation mark).

So I decided to change the icons.

There are 2 pnidui.dll files for Windows 7 (build 7600) x86 & x64.

Many thanks to ox30, who made a ready-to-apply dll files for x64!. Please, feel free to leave "thanks" on his profile. [link]

To apply this patch, go to %windir%\System32\ (it's for x86, so find equal system folder for x64) and take ownership of the original pnidui.dll. Rename it to pnidui.bak, for example, but do not delete. Then copy and paste the pnidui.dll file from a folder with a variant that you like most into your system32 (or equal for 64, again ^^) folder. Restarting Explorer may be enough to see changes. Otherwise restart your computer.

For newer versions of W7 (SP1, etc..):
You can also apply the patch manually using Restorator 2007 utility and *.ico files from downloaded folders. Their names refer to icon resource name, so you won't have troubles in searching for proper resources to change.
This article may be helpful for you. [link]
As you see, same actions you need to do with pnidui.dll.

This little fix probably won't be popular, but it surely can be helpful for people like me

You comments and suggestions are always welcome.

p.s. By the way, there's a piece of taskbar from my W7 style "Aero DS" that you see on preview Check it here: [link]

Description
In first two days after installing Windows 7 I found and replaced these network tray icons.
The reason was simple: I was using local area network without internet connection and connected to the internet manually via VPN. So every time I started my PC or disconnected from the internet I saw that icon with an exclamation mark, which made me think something was wrong with my LAN-connection and reminded about unhappy days when I was unable to use my LAN because of some failures (and yeah, Windows XP showed an exclamation mark).

So I decided to change the icons.

There are 2 pnidui.dll files for Windows 7 (build 7600) x86 & x64.

Many thanks to ox30, who made a ready-to-apply dll files for x64!. Please, feel free to leave "thanks" on his profile. [link]

To apply this patch, go to %windir%\System32\ (it's for x86, so find equal system folder for x64) and take ownership of the original pnidui.dll. Rename it to pnidui.bak, for example, but do not delete. Then copy and paste the pnidui.dll file from a folder with a variant that you like most into your system32 (or equal for 64, again ^^) folder. Restarting Explorer may be enough to see changes. Otherwise restart your computer.

For newer versions of W7 (SP1, etc..):
You can also apply the patch manually using Restorator 2007 utility and *.ico files from downloaded folders. Their names refer to icon resource name, so you won't have troubles in searching for proper resources to change.
This article may be helpful for you. [link]
As you see, same actions you need to do with pnidui.dll.

This little fix probably won't be popular, but it surely can be helpful for people like me

You comments and suggestions are always welcome.

p.s. By the way, there's a piece of taskbar from my W7 style "Aero DS" that you see on preview Check it here: [link]