Remove Pre-welcome Screen Wallpaper.

[Indicium]

Hi,

Recently, I re-installed Windows XP. However, after starting the PC (after
the boot) just before the welcome screen the default wallpaper is displayed.
In my case, the "Dell-wallpaper" appeared.

In the past, after the boot no wallpaper appeared. After starting the PC the
normal light-blue Windows-screen could be seen before the welcome-screen
appeared.

Question: How can I avoid that the PC shows any wallpaper after the boot
just before the welcome screen?

I already read the MVPS-"Change the Windows Logon screen background color"
(http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm), "Customize the logon screen
wallpaper, screensaver and other settings using Tweak UI" and other articles.
However, I do not want to change the wallpaper. I just want to get rid of the
pre-welcome wallpaper after starting WinXP so that the normal light blue
Windows XP-screen will be displayed.

The suggested work-around "SetBackColor.zip" from MVPS has a possibility
"remove logon screen" wallpaper. However, I do not want to remove the "login
screen desktop" totally (which can be seen at the welcome screen by pressing
"Ctrl-Alt-Del" twice).

I am looking forward to any suggestions.

Thanking you in advance.

Kind regards.

 

[Malke]

Hi,

Recently, I re-installed Windows XP. However, after starting the PC (after
the boot) just before the welcome screen the default wallpaper is
displayed. In my case, the "Dell-wallpaper" appeared.

In the past, after the boot no wallpaper appeared. After starting the PC
the normal light-blue Windows-screen could be seen before the
welcome-screen appeared.

Question: How can I avoid that the PC shows any wallpaper after the boot
just before the welcome screen?

I already read the MVPS-"Change the Windows Logon screen background color"
(http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm), "Customize the logon screen
wallpaper, screensaver and other settings using Tweak UI" and other
articles. However, I do not want to change the wallpaper. I just want to
get rid of the pre-welcome wallpaper after starting WinXP so that the
normal light blue Windows XP-screen will be displayed.

The suggested work-around "SetBackColor.zip" from MVPS has a possibility
"remove logon screen" wallpaper. However, I do not want to remove the
"login screen desktop" totally (which can be seen at the welcome screen by
pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del" twice).

Control Panel>Display>Desktop - set the wallpaper to none, Apply/OK out.
Reboot to check that no wallpaper is displayed. If all is well, go to
Control Panel>Display and set whatever wallpaper you like.

Malke

 

[Indicium]

Hi,

I have done what you want. At the moment there is no wallpaper on my
desktop. However, after restarting WinXP (after the boot) just before the
welcome-screen the default wallpaper is still displayed for a couple of
seconds.

Is it not possible to get rid of the wallpaper?

I am looking forward to your advice on this matter, because I find it pretty
annoying. I just re-installed Windows XP on my Dell-PC.

Thanking you in advance.

Kind regards.

 

[Jordan]

Hi,

I have done what you want. At the moment there is no wallpaper on my
desktop. However, after restarting WinXP (after the boot) just before the
welcome-screen the default wallpaper is still displayed for a couple of
seconds.

Is it not possible to get rid of the wallpaper?

I am looking forward to your advice on this matter, because I find it pretty
annoying. I just re-installed Windows XP on my Dell-PC.

Thanking you in advance.

Kind regards.

Indicium,
You said you already tried the options at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm.
Did you actually try to do it yourself, or just use the program? I
would try to do it myself. Since you said you just reloaded, having a
backup of your registry is probably not important, and as long as you
stay in the keys listed on the site, you won't screw anything up.
(That's a 95% guarantee. There is always a 5% chance when working on
Windows.) As a last resort, you could find the same wallpaper you are
seeing at logon in windows explorer, rename it, and then create a new
picture in Paint with the exact name of wallpaper before you renamed
it. Then you could have any color you want!

Hope that helps!
</jordan>

 

[Richard in AZ]

Indicium,
You said you already tried the options at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/logonbg.htm.
Did you actually try to do it yourself, or just use the program? I
would try to do it myself. Since you said you just reloaded, having a
backup of your registry is probably not important, and as long as you
stay in the keys listed on the site, you won't screw anything up.
(That's a 95% guarantee. There is always a 5% chance when working on
Windows.) As a last resort, you could find the same wallpaper you are
seeing at logon in windows explorer, rename it, and then create a new
picture in Paint with the exact name of wallpaper before you renamed
it. Then you could have any color you want!

Hope that helps!
</jordan>

I had this same problem with a customer's machine. (posted a month ago with the same advice) I did
find the photo that flashed between the logo screen and the welcome screen. I copied with a new
name to a new location, then changed it to a single color (with paint). That did not stop the
flash of the original picture. I had also set up the desktop background to none, rebooted several
times, still that photo of the baby's feet still flashed between the two screens. It looked like a
total reinstallation was require to delete that bug, but that was not in the customers be$t
interest. The program listed in the link above allows you to change the Welcome Screen background.
That is not the problem. The problem is the bug that locks a picture flash between screens.

 

[Indicium]

Hi,

You could be right. I re-installed my system twice. However, the wallpaper
is still displayed. It is located in

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\OriginalWallpaper

And

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper


If I remove those keys [i.e. to "Blank" or to "(None)"] the registry also
changes the following:

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\Desktop\OriginalWallpaper

And

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper

I am looking forward to any advice on this matter.

Thanking you in advance.

Kind regards.

Indicium.
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