Hiding Winlogon display

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Peter Boden

Hey all.

Now that I've moved to using the .Net 1.1 component, I am forced to use
WinLogon. This is fine, except I can't seem to hide the "Applying computer
settings" and "Loading user settings" messages that popup during the logon
process. I have a hard requirement to hide these messages.
I'm using Autologon, and I've unchecked the "Show friendly logon" and
"Welcome To Windows" options. However, I've found nothing refering to
disabling the logon status messages.
If these messages can't be disabled, might there be a way to obscure them
with some sort of custom graphic?

Thank you.

Peter Boden
 
Hi Peter!

I do have the same requirements and the same problems. Where did you
unchecked the "Show friendly logon" and "Welcome To Windows" option? Have
you already added the "/noguiboot" option to your boot.ini file? This also
helps to hide some of the MS startup crap.

Please contact me if you find any solution!

Regards,

Philipp
 
You can hide the "Show friendly logon" and "Welcome to Windows" screens in
the WinLogon component. Just uncheck these options. And yes, I have
disabled guiboot. The two status messages I mentioned are the only
references to MS, Windows or XPE that I havne't been able to dispose of.

Thanks,
Pete
 
Thanks Peter!

I know this has been discussed before in here but I coudn't find the posting
anymore.
Have you activated the autologon in the registry somehow in the target
designer or afterwards in the working image? Is there a simple registry like
component to add for this?

Thanks!

Philipp
 
There is an automatic logon component that you can include. Check
Software->System->Infrastructure.
 
I'm not using Luna style (I haven't included Windows XP Visual Style). It's
my understanding that without this component, XPE will default to the Win9x
style.

Thanks,
Pete
 
Peter,

Try adding the following registry value on your image (I'd suggest you to
try it first at runtime to see how well it may work for you):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\syste
m], "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 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.

Hope this help,
KM
BSquare Corp.
 
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