You have to copy the files over to the relevant locations in real Dos mode. You cannot 
replace files used by windows, inside windows.

Copy the NEW Explorer.exe and NEW Hid.dll to the root of C: and rename them to Explorer.new 
and Hid.new

Now go to Start > Shutdown and select "Restart in MS-Dos", OK it.

At the C:\> prompt type...

ren C:\windows\explorer.exe explorer.old   press Enter.

Now at the C:\> prompt type....

ren C:\windows\system\hid.dll hid.old   press Enter.

Back at C:\>

Now type....

Copy C:\explorer.new C:\windows\   press Enter.

Back at C:\>

Now type.....

ren C:\windows\explorer.new explorer.exe   press Enter.

Back at C:\>

Now type.....

Copy C:\hid.new C:\windows\system\   press Enter.

Back at C:\>

Now type.....

ren C:\windows\system\hid.new hid.dll   press Enter.

Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart the PC

That should be it.

Assuming you have carried out the Explorer.exe modifications correctly, then the 
PC should boot up fine.

If not, you will have to start the PC at a true Dos Command prompt and rename the 
Explorer.exe back to .new and the original Explorer.old back to .exe

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