Customizing Logon Screen background BMP - Is this possible?

[Chris Henderson]

Hi There,

At our company somebody created a custom install of the logon screen so that
when Ctrl-Alt-Del screen a company BMP in the background comes up that is
different from the regular background wallpaper. This was done on NT and
now it's my turn to do this on Windows XP Pro.

My question is, is this possible? and how do I do it?

Thanks in advance,

Chris Henderson
CNE, MCSE

 

[Chris Henderson]

What I meant to say is when CTR-ALT-DEL is pressed the bmp in the background
differs from the original background wallpaper. How would I create this
second CTRL-ALT-DEL background BMP?

Chris

 

[Michael Maier]

Chris Henderson wrote:
: What I meant to say is when CTR-ALT-DEL is pressed the bmp in the
: background differs from the original background wallpaper. How would
: I create this second CTRL-ALT-DEL background BMP?
:
: Chris
:
: :: Hi There,
::
:: At our company somebody created a custom install of the logon screen
:: so that when Ctrl-Alt-Del screen a company BMP in the background
:: comes up that is different from the regular background wallpaper.
:: This was done on NT and now it's my turn to do this on Windows XP
:: Pro.
::
:: My question is, is this possible? and how do I do it?
::
:: Thanks in advance,
::
:: Chris Henderson
:: CNE, MCSE

If I remember right it is the wallpaper for the default (means the one which
will be user as template for any new user) user. But I am not sure.
Many companys use this way to add their own pictures to a newly installed
system.

Regards
'Mike

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

In the right pane, look for the following values:

Wallpaper (contains the path to the wallpaper file you want to use)
WallpaperStyle
TileWallpaper

The WallpaperStyle and TileWallpaper values work together. Example:

Small, tiled BMP = TileWallpaper set to 1 and WallpaperStyle set to 0
(zero)
Centered wallpaper = TileWallpaper set to 0 and WallpaperStyle set to 0
Wallpaper stretched to fit = TileWallpaper set to 0 and WallPaperStyle set
to 2.

 

[Chris Henderson]

Yes, I have this setup in the default directory for new users but it is only
the default background BMP. Apparently there is a way to set up another one
for when you hit the CTRL-ALT-DEL key

Chris

 

[Steven Liu]

Hi Chris,

Doug's suggestion only can give you the wall paper when you start the
computer. If you have not logon to the computer, the wall paper will be the
wall paper of the default user. HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

After you have logon to the Windows XP, the wall paper will be changed to
the picture you have defined. When you press Ctrl-Alt-Del, the wall paper
will not change. It's by design.

Note: In Windows 2000, we can do as you like. When you press Ctrl-Alt-Del
in the Windows 2000, the wall paper will only accept the BMP file. So, we
can configure 2 wall papers in Windows 2000. One is JPG which is used for
the common useage. One is BMP which will be shown when you press
Ctrl-Alt-Del. In Windows XP, the system supports to show JPG when you press
Ctrl-Alt-Del. So, we can't implement this in the Windows XP.

Thanks for using Microsoft News Group!

Sincerely,

Steven Liu

Microsoft Online Partner Support

MCSE 2000

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[Chris Henderson]

Thank you very much Steven for your help. I really appreciate it.

Chris