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How to Change the Welcome/Login Screen in Windows XP ?
Change Windows Welcome (Login) Screen
Just make sure that you have the “Use welcome screen” option activated in
Control Panel –> Users Accounts –> Logon and Logoff Options
before trying to apply this trick.
Basically there are two ways to change your login screen.
First One is to either replace your default login screen with your new one and the other method is to play with the registry such that it recognizes the new login screen as the default one ..
The following steps will guide you how to over write your existing login screen with your new one.
Here are the steps :
1. Make a backup copy of C:\windows\system32\logonui.exe
2. Rename your new login screen to logonui.exe
3. Overwrite the existing login screen file with your new login screen and thats it you are done.
Second Method that will help Windows identify your new login screen as the default one. The good thing about this trick it that you don’t have to delete or replace your original login screen file. Here it goes.
1. Copy your custom login screen file under another name, let’s say logonuiA.exe, to C:\Windows\system32\
2. Open Start menu –> Run –> and type Regedit
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> SOFTWARE –> Microsoft –> Windows NT –> CurrentVersion –> Winlogon and change the value for UIHost to logonuiA.exe.
Rever back To your Old Login Screen
If you ever feel like restoring your original login screen then all you have to do is use the backup copy of logonui.exe and paste it in C:\windows\system32\ and select over write.
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Simple Method
1: First thing You HAVE TO DO is make a BACKUP of "logonui.exe" somewere on your pc. the file is located in windows/system32 folder
2: Its been a while since I done this so bear with me. Ok have you got a Pic or photo you wont for your logon screen has to be a BMP and at the same size as your desktop (my one is @ 1440x900 for my widescreen monitor)
3: open reshack go to file and open logonui.exe the one in system32 folder
Download Reshack : Click Here
4: then click on Bitmap
5: then click on the + on 100 then click on 1033
6: Right click on 1033 select "Replace Resource"
7: "Open file with new bitmap" select your photo or pic you wont
8: Replace
9: Back to file at the top and Save and it should be working so log off and see what your screen looks like
tell me how you go with it and a screen shot of what you made
How to Change the Welcome/Login Screen in Windows XP ?
Change Windows Welcome (Login) Screen
Just make sure that you have the “Use welcome screen” option activated in
Control Panel –> Users Accounts –> Logon and Logoff Options
before trying to apply this trick.
Basically there are two ways to change your login screen.
First One is to either replace your default login screen with your new one and the other method is to play with the registry such that it recognizes the new login screen as the default one ..
The following steps will guide you how to over write your existing login screen with your new one.
Here are the steps :
1. Make a backup copy of C:\windows\system32\logonui.exe
2. Rename your new login screen to logonui.exe
3. Overwrite the existing login screen file with your new login screen and thats it you are done.
Second Method that will help Windows identify your new login screen as the default one. The good thing about this trick it that you don’t have to delete or replace your original login screen file. Here it goes.
1. Copy your custom login screen file under another name, let’s say logonuiA.exe, to C:\Windows\system32\
2. Open Start menu –> Run –> and type Regedit
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> SOFTWARE –> Microsoft –> Windows NT –> CurrentVersion –> Winlogon and change the value for UIHost to logonuiA.exe.
Rever back To your Old Login Screen
If you ever feel like restoring your original login screen then all you have to do is use the backup copy of logonui.exe and paste it in C:\windows\system32\ and select over write.
OR
Simple Method
1: First thing You HAVE TO DO is make a BACKUP of "logonui.exe" somewere on your pc. the file is located in windows/system32 folder
2: Its been a while since I done this so bear with me. Ok have you got a Pic or photo you wont for your logon screen has to be a BMP and at the same size as your desktop (my one is @ 1440x900 for my widescreen monitor)
3: open reshack go to file and open logonui.exe the one in system32 folder
Download Reshack : Click Here
4: then click on Bitmap
5: then click on the + on 100 then click on 1033
6: Right click on 1033 select "Replace Resource"
7: "Open file with new bitmap" select your photo or pic you wont
8: Replace
9: Back to file at the top and Save and it should be working so log off and see what your screen looks like
tell me how you go with it and a screen shot of what you made
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