in my opinion to change the size of taskbar you need to change the some text inside msstyle. Beside there are softwares available to make editing easy (vista/7) , like Ave's Vista builder http://vistastylebuilder.com/ , there is also one for XP , it's name is TGT soft style builder i think,
best of luck dude, wtf 300,000,000,000,000 = 1$ U.S. !!! i should go there and buy properties , car etc... i think people there carry money in suitcase or truck..
Using tune up utilities is best and safe way to change boot screen, WFP won't let windows file to be replaced easily and may get messed up. also try software named stardock bootskin .
This is the fun game i am playing since some days in facebook and discovered it's cheat while playing, in order to score lots of 6, start the game and after batsman gets ready "right click" and choose forward and you will hot 6.. thats all. If you want a long explanation you can check here.