How to Change the "Welcome" Text Message at Log On in Windows 7
1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Windows\System32\en-US\winlogon.exe.mui
The
en-US folder is in English Windows 7 copies. If you have a non-English
Windows 7 copy, then this folder will have a different name reflecting your
language instead.The table below are a few of the most common ones.
| Folder Name | Language |
|---|---|
| da-DK | Danish |
| en-GB | English-Great Britian |
| en-US | English-U.S. |
| fi-FI | Finnish |
| fr-FR | French |
| de-DE | German |
| el-GR | Greek |
| it-IT | Italian |
| no-NO | Norwegian |
| es-ES | Spanish |
| sv-SE | Swedish |
Right click on winlogon.exe.mui and click take ownership. Copy winlogon.exe.mui to desktop and open ResHacker and in ResHacker select all files and open winlogon.exe.mui on desktop.
After open winlogon.exe.mui by reshacker navigate "string table" , and click "63" and under click "1033"
In the right pane of 1033, replace the Welcome text in quotes at both 1002 and 1005 locations with the text you want instead (ex: Hello) within quotes, then click on the Compile Script button
Click on File and Save, then close Resource Hacker
Copy the modified winlogon.exe.mui file on your Desktop, and Paste it into the C:\Windows\System32\en-US folder.
Click on Copy and Replace
Restart the computer and log in to see the changes made.
If the "Welcome" message did not change at log on after your changes from above, then:
1) Open a elevated command prompt i.e open cmd and run as administrator
2) In the
command prompt, type mcbuilder and press Enter.
3) When the
command window closes, restart the computer.
Note: Always save winlogon.exe.mui file in any other folder. And don't forget read my post "How to enable/desableTake Owernership".
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