classic logon issue

[mrkyle]

hey folks when i use the regs to make winxp use the classic logon

;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

"LogonType"=dword:00000000

the logon background goes to black...why?

how do i get it back to the default blue........... is there another way of enabling the classic logon ?

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[jrzycrim]

The background is black because you disabled the welcome screen. The background color for the default user is black in your case.

I use the classic logon as well. What I did was export the following keys from my registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]

And then changed HKEY_CURRENT_USER in each to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT and imported these to my registry. They should look like this:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager]

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors]

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

I left out the actual values in these keys but this should give you an idea.

This will make your logon screen use the same theme as when you are logged onto windows. Not exactly what you are looking for I suppose but this will give you an alternative to a black screen. You can, of course, tweak the settings to your liking.

You don't have to copy everything over such as your wallpaper or even the particular theme you are using.

Personally, I like having my logon screen look like my windows theme. Of course, everyone's tastes are different.

Cheers,

[mrkyle]

hrmm thanks for the input..

i wonder why ppl have posted this before... if every is using the classic logon... and doing it via unattended..they must be using the same reg entries that i use... how come ppl have noticed this... or is it that they like the black screen

[[BM]Crusher]

i dont use classic logon via my unattend cd... i use the normal welcome screen... maybe not many people are doing it with the classic?

the only reason it's black is because it's set to black as default desktop background color for your default user account... normally it would have a plain blue background (blue is the default background color i think)