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Sunday, 21 July 2013
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
How to Change the Logon Screen on Windows 7
This time around, we are going to
show you how to customize the Windows 7 login screen. There are various methods
to accomplish this, with and without third-party software. I understand many
people might not want to rely on a third-party application, while others would
appreciate a quicker, safer route. First up is the more hands-on approach, and
then the utility.
Hands-on approach
This method will require you to
modify the registry.so it’s time to change your logon screen.
Step 1: Open the Windows Start menu
and enter regedit into the search bar.
Step 2: Right click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
and select Find.
Step 3: Search for OEMBackground,
which should be in
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAuthenticationLogonUIBackground.
If the key does not exist, add a new DWORD value with the name OEMBackground.
Step 4: Double click on the entry OEMBackground,
and change the value from 0 to 1.
Step 5: Open Windows Explorer and go
to the following path: %windir%system32oobe.
Step 6: Create a new folder named info,
and open it.
Step 7: Create a new folder within info
named backgrounds.
Step 8: Rename your desired
wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folder
backgrounds (images must be less than 245KB in size).
That should do the trick, now just
lock your PC, log off or reboot and enjoy.
How to rename "START" button in windows xp-2?
1.
Windows 9x
The name of the Start Menu button is in explorer.exe. Since Windows won't let you modify the file, you must make a copy of it, modify the copy, then boot into DOS and replace the original file with the modified version. Make sure you back up explorer.exe before you start.
Load the file into an hexadecimal editor, and search for the following hexadecimal bytes:
53 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74 (= "Start"). You will find these bytes more than once, but you should only have to change the last occurrence.
Replace S, t, a, r, t with whatever you want, but leave the 00's in. If your new string is shorter than "Start", you can either overwrite the extra letters with blanks, or you can change the length byte. Just before the first byte (53) there is a 00 and before it a 05: this is the string's length. If the new string is "New" then this byte should be set to 03 -- this way the Start Menu button will not be longer than the string. The new string must not be longer than the original one, else Windows will not work.
Note: The icon is in user.exe
2. Windows XP
You can use the method described above if you want: In the US version of Windows XP Pro, the string is at 0EE36F (Classic-style button) and 0EE096 (XP-style button). But instead, we are going to use Resource Hacker (542KB).
2.1. Bypassing Windows File Protection
1. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, Folder Options, then View. Uncheck Hide protected operating system files and check Show hidden files and folders.
2. There is a file named filelist.xml in \windows\system32\Restore. Right click the file, then click Properties, and uncheck Read-only. Open filelist.xml in Notepad, and add these lines in the end shown below, then save the file and close Notepad.
<exclude>
<rec>%systemroot%\explorer.exe</rec>
<rec>%windir%\system.ini</rec>
<rec>%windir%\tasks\desktop.ini</rec>
<rec>%windir%\win.ini</rec>
<rec>*:\AUTOEXEC.BAT</rec>
<rec>*:\CONFIG.MSI</rec>
<rec>*:\CONFIG.SYS</rec>
</exclude>
3. In \windows\system32\dllcache, you will find a backup copy of explorer.exe. Rename it to explorer.bak.
2.2. Changing the name of the Start Menu button
1. Run Resource Hacker, and open \windows\explorer.exe
2. Click String Table > 37 > 1033 (XP-style button)
3. Replace "start" with whatever you want ("Gaurav", in the picture above)
4. Click the Compile Script button.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 for String table > 38 > 1033 (Classic-style button)
5. Save the file (File>Save). Hit Cancel then Yes when Windows File Protection pops up.
Note: If an error message pops up when saving the file, kill explorer.exe (Clt-Alt-Del > Processes > explorer.exe > End Process > File > New Task), repeat step 5 (save the file in Resource Hacker), and restart explorer.exe (Clt-Alt-Del > Processes > explorer.exe > End Process > File > New Task > explorer > OK).
2.3. Changing the icon of the Start Menu button
1. Click Bitmap > 143 > 1033
2. Click Action > Replace bitmap > Open file with new bitmap (the new picture must be 25x20, and have 16 million colors).
3. Select a picture file, click Replace, then save (File>Save) your work. Hit Cancel then Yes when Windows File Protection pops up.
4. Close Resource Hacker
The name of the Start Menu button is in explorer.exe. Since Windows won't let you modify the file, you must make a copy of it, modify the copy, then boot into DOS and replace the original file with the modified version. Make sure you back up explorer.exe before you start.
Load the file into an hexadecimal editor, and search for the following hexadecimal bytes:
53 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74 (= "Start"). You will find these bytes more than once, but you should only have to change the last occurrence.
Replace S, t, a, r, t with whatever you want, but leave the 00's in. If your new string is shorter than "Start", you can either overwrite the extra letters with blanks, or you can change the length byte. Just before the first byte (53) there is a 00 and before it a 05: this is the string's length. If the new string is "New" then this byte should be set to 03 -- this way the Start Menu button will not be longer than the string. The new string must not be longer than the original one, else Windows will not work.
Note: The icon is in user.exe
2. Windows XP
You can use the method described above if you want: In the US version of Windows XP Pro, the string is at 0EE36F (Classic-style button) and 0EE096 (XP-style button). But instead, we are going to use Resource Hacker (542KB).
2.1. Bypassing Windows File Protection
1. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, Folder Options, then View. Uncheck Hide protected operating system files and check Show hidden files and folders.
2. There is a file named filelist.xml in \windows\system32\Restore. Right click the file, then click Properties, and uncheck Read-only. Open filelist.xml in Notepad, and add these lines in the end shown below, then save the file and close Notepad.
<exclude>
<rec>%systemroot%\explorer.exe</rec>
<rec>%windir%\system.ini</rec>
<rec>%windir%\tasks\desktop.ini</rec>
<rec>%windir%\win.ini</rec>
<rec>*:\AUTOEXEC.BAT</rec>
<rec>*:\CONFIG.MSI</rec>
<rec>*:\CONFIG.SYS</rec>
</exclude>
3. In \windows\system32\dllcache, you will find a backup copy of explorer.exe. Rename it to explorer.bak.
2.2. Changing the name of the Start Menu button
1. Run Resource Hacker, and open \windows\explorer.exe
2. Click String Table > 37 > 1033 (XP-style button)
3. Replace "start" with whatever you want ("Gaurav", in the picture above)
4. Click the Compile Script button.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 for String table > 38 > 1033 (Classic-style button)
5. Save the file (File>Save). Hit Cancel then Yes when Windows File Protection pops up.
Note: If an error message pops up when saving the file, kill explorer.exe (Clt-Alt-Del > Processes > explorer.exe > End Process > File > New Task), repeat step 5 (save the file in Resource Hacker), and restart explorer.exe (Clt-Alt-Del > Processes > explorer.exe > End Process > File > New Task > explorer > OK).
2.3. Changing the icon of the Start Menu button
1. Click Bitmap > 143 > 1033
2. Click Action > Replace bitmap > Open file with new bitmap (the new picture must be 25x20, and have 16 million colors).
3. Select a picture file, click Replace, then save (File>Save) your work. Hit Cancel then Yes when Windows File Protection pops up.
4. Close Resource Hacker
Break User Account passwords within Single minute.
First insert USB Then perform this opration.
From the left pane, click Create a Password Reset Disk link. The Welcome to the Forgotten Password Wizard screen appears as shown in figure.
Click the Next button. The Create a password reset disk screen appears as shown in figure.
Select the USB drive and click the Next button. The Current User Account Password screen appears as shown in figure.
Enter the password in Current user account password box and click the Next button. The Creating Password Reset disk screen appears as shown in figure.
After the process is complete, click the Next button. The Completing the Forgotten Password Wizard Screen appears as shown in figure.
1.
Click the Finish button to close the Completing the Forgotten Password wizard
screen.
Now Eject your Pen drive.
And now you have no need to your password to logon.
Now follow these steps.
Restart your computer.
1.
Click on Reset Password button to reset the
password and insert Reset Password Disk.
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