So I have recently updated to Windows 7, again on my laptop and gotta enjoy the application compatibility freedom is back for me. Applied a Vista theme and make a few tweakings to confuse the hell out of me, but I was thinking: is it possible to modify authui.dll to add the Pearl post-boot animation, after the bootscreen and before the Windows logon screen appears? I do remember in early beta builds of Windows 7, they kept the Pearl animation.

I know I can't simply throw in authui.dll from a working Vista install to 7, it would prevent the OS from showing the logon screen.

I've never saw a tutorial to add the Pearl animation in Windows 7. And probably adding it will require rewriting everything.

I don’t think anything currently exists for this, but I’m also interested in something like this: the transition from the boot screen and then the welcome screen appearing in my face immediately just doesn’t feel right.

It wouldn’t surprise me if MS simply dummied it out instead of removing it entirely, though, given there’s no fade-in to the welcome screen on W7, but is on Vista.

Edited July 11, 20197 yr by hydro2duo