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Guide By:
Miguel
Review Date: 02/02/03 |
Modifying the Logon Screen
Changing the WinXP Logon Screen is much
easier. Similar to that of the Boot Screen, you need to replace or
modify a file located in your \Windows\System32 directory. The
filename your looking for is "logonui.exe".
Please make a backup copy of this file
BEFORE you continue.
You will need a small freeware utility
called "Logon Loader". You can find it here:
http://www.radfiles.com/logonloader
Logon Loader is a small application that
will allow you to preview and change Logon Screens. Once you have
made a backup of the "logonui.exe" file, open the Logon Loader
application. It should look like the screenshot below:
You can either click on "Select a logon
screen" to browse to where you have your new downloaded screens or click
on "Browse logon screens" to preview the different screens you have
downloaded before making a change.
A majority of the logon screens that you
download from the websites we recommended will usually contain two files.
One is the "logonui.exe" file and one will be a simple preview image of
the screen.
We will browse and preview the screens for
this example.
Unlike the boot screen, you can change the
logon screen without having to reboot or be in safe mode. Just
select the logon screen and click on the "Set As Logon Screen" button.
That's it!
Log off. You should now see the
new screen! :)
Here are a couple of logon screens we used:
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"CyberAntz" is very impressive and highly
recommended!
Now that we are in Windows let's change the
GUI!
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