Login Screen

skysidhe · 09-11-2007, 09:49 PM

I researched how to change one's log in screen. I want it to be as easy as changing one's wallpaper. Anything harder and I will mess up my compooper.

Is there a program to change it easily? Why isn't that function built in?

grr.

Flint · 09-12-2007, 12:10 PM

First things first; what the heck are you even talking about? With that information, I believe we can move forward to step one.

skysidhe · 09-12-2007, 12:18 PM

ok well tech guy :P

Here this link might help. It's an example of something like what I want.
Well I just want something other than the boring blue screen.

We have two different people on this computer. We each have our own desktop ect.
There is a login screen or welcome screen. I want to change the image.

thanks in advance

Shawnee123 · 09-12-2007, 12:19 PM

You want a little red x?

Flint · 09-12-2007, 12:23 PM

There's no link. Or image. I think you're talking about your Windows login screen?

Happy Monkey · 09-12-2007, 12:23 PM

Is that a Windows login screen? Huh, I haven't seen that before. It's pretty cool.

(To see the pic, I had to right click for the properties and go to the URL directly. Apparently they don't want hotlinking.)

skysidhe · 09-12-2007, 12:25 PM

lol shawnee

I seen an image here. Yes Flint. WINDOWS. I do assume too much sometimes.

HM...I've had a hotlinking problem this morning with another photo.

Flint · 09-12-2007, 12:39 PM

A Google search for "changing your windows login screen"

skysidhe · 09-12-2007, 12:41 PM

yeah I saw those but I didn't like my options. I do not want to mess with my registry like that. I guess I will try the login loader but I thought there was a simple way I didn't know about besides downloading an application that could screw up my registry as well as I could.

Happy Monkey · 09-12-2007, 12:47 PM

It is not as easy as changing your wallpaper.

Happy Monkey · 09-12-2007, 12:51 PM

This looks easier.

dar512 · 09-12-2007, 01:33 PM

You'll have to have administrator privileges to modify the registry, but it's not really all that hard.

However, try this and see if this does what you need: Instead of logging out, lock the machine instead - press WindowsKey + L. When I do that, it uses my windows background behind the login window. I've never tried it on a multi-user machine, though.

Clodfobble · 09-12-2007, 01:42 PM

If one user locks it, they are still logged in and must unlock it with their password and log out (or choose "switch user") before the other person can log in. But we just leave ours logged in all the time, and only switch off when the other person sits down to use it.

skysidhe · 09-12-2007, 09:38 PM

Thanks for all the help.

I downloaded 'login studio' which worked like a charm.
I am not computer savy so this was safest I thought.

http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/

09-11-2007, 09:49 PM	#1
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Login Screen I researched how to change one's log in screen. I want it to be as easy as changing one's wallpaper. Anything harder and I will mess up my compooper. Is there a program to change it easily? Why isn't that function built in? grr.

09-12-2007, 12:10 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	First things first; what the heck are you even talking about? With that information, I believe we can move forward to step one. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-12-2007, 12:19 PM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You want a little red x? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-12-2007, 12:23 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	There's no link. Or image. I think you're talking about your Windows login screen? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-12-2007, 12:23 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Is that a Windows login screen? Huh, I haven't seen that before. It's pretty cool. (To see the pic, I had to right click for the properties and go to the URL directly. Apparently they don't want hotlinking.) __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-12-2007, 12:18 PM	#3
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	ok well tech guy :P Here this link might help. It's an example of something like what I want. Well I just want something other than the boring blue screen. We have two different people on this computer. We each have our own desktop ect. There is a login screen or welcome screen. I want to change the image. thanks in advance

09-12-2007, 12:25 PM	#7
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	lol shawnee I seen an image here. Yes Flint. WINDOWS. I do assume too much sometimes. HM...I've had a hotlinking problem this morning with another photo.

09-12-2007, 12:39 PM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	A Google search for "changing your windows login screen" __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-12-2007, 12:41 PM	#9
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	yeah I saw those but I didn't like my options. I do not want to mess with my registry like that. I guess I will try the login loader but I thought there was a simple way I didn't know about besides downloading an application that could screw up my registry as well as I could.

09-12-2007, 12:47 PM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It is not as easy as changing your wallpaper. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-12-2007, 12:51 PM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	This looks easier. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-12-2007, 01:33 PM	#12
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	You'll have to have administrator privileges to modify the registry, but it's not really all that hard. However, try this and see if this does what you need: Instead of logging out, lock the machine instead - press WindowsKey + L. When I do that, it uses my windows background behind the login window. I've never tried it on a multi-user machine, though. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-12-2007, 01:42 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	If one user locks it, they are still logged in and must unlock it with their password and log out (or choose "switch user") before the other person can log in. But we just leave ours logged in all the time, and only switch off when the other person sits down to use it.

09-12-2007, 09:38 PM	#14
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Thanks for all the help. I downloaded 'login studio' which worked like a charm. I am not computer savy so this was safest I thought. http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/

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