Desktop Colour and Wallpaper

[Bernd]

I don't want a windows like optic (sorry MS ) for my
device, so I start my application as the shell. All works
fine. But

1. How can I change the default desktop colour from the
default blue to another colour ????

2. How can I display a wallpaper picture for the time, my
application shell starts ???

3. How can I change the WIN - POWER DOWN screen after
shutdown ??

Thanx Bernd

 

[KM]

Bernd,

I am not sure I understood your questions. If you got rid of Explorer shell and used your application as the shell, it is up to you
what you (your app) show as a desktop and its color scheme. You may implement any preferable splash screen and wallpaper in your
application at startup time.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

my problem ist the time between the WIN-XPE is comming up
and the start of my application.
In this ten seconds, the background of my display shows
the default color of the desktop.
So, i'm looking for the registry entries for the default
color of the desktop and the default wallpaper.
And after my application is terminated and the system
shuts down, the normal POWER OF Window is displayed. So,
i'm looking for the registry entrie to change this bitmap
in a custom made

Best regards

Bernd

-----Original Message-----
Bernd,

I am not sure I understood your questions. If you got rid

of Explorer shell and used your application as the shell,
it is up to you

what you (your app) show as a desktop and its color

scheme. You may implement any preferable splash screen and
wallpaper in your

 

[KM]

Bernd,

I think I understood your first issue if you were talking about the blue background screen that you might see in the boot sequence.
Or you were referring to the XP Logo screen with the loading progress bar? Both screens are part of kernel and legally you won't be
able to change them.
Try /NOGUIBOOT switch from the boot.ini and see if it helps you a bit (at least you hide some of the screens).
The term "Desktop" is not really applied to XP boot screens but rather to Explorer App main screen.

Also, if it does take a long time to load your application as a shell, you should consider switching to a small app with a full
splash screen which will load your heavy app in background.

Did not get what you refer to as "normal POWER OF". Again, if you are referring to a kernel screen, you won't be able to change it
(no registry value for that).

One thing you may try is adding the following registry value on your image (I'd suggest you to try it first at run time to see how
well it may work for
you):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system], "DisableStatusMessages". Set this dword value to "1"
and reboot. After that you should not see "Apply user settings..." and etc. status screens. Basically, the reg.value suppresses
system status messages, which remind users to wait while the system starts or shuts down, or while users log on or off (this is not
really applied to your MinLogon image).
This entry stores the setting of the Disable Boot / Shutdown / Logon / Logoff status messages Group Policy. Group Policy adds this
entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group
Policy deletes this entry from the registry, and the system behaves as though the value is 0.
Don't know if it helps you.

 

[Peter]

Hi

Try this:

1) Apply the wallpaper you want to use in Windows, in display settings.
2) start regedit, goto: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper\
(Read the string)
3) goto: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper\ (Insert the
string from above
4) goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
5) Add a dword: "DisableStatusMessages" and set it to "1"
6) Edit "boot.ini" and add "/noguiboot" to the line where your OS are.
7) Configure auto-login for your account

Now it should boot without the Embedded logo
Display your wallpaper instead of the default blue background color.
Login without displaying anything
Still display your wallpaper

Boot will look like: Black Screen, Wallpaper, Your App

Hope this helps

/peter

 

[KM]

Bernd,

Are you using Minlogon or Winlogon image?
I was under impression you use Minlogon. Sorry, I could be wrong. In case you do, Peter's suggestions 1), 2), 3) may not work for
you.
If you use Winlogon, then Peter's steps is a way to go for you