TonyN1701 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Forgive the basicness of this question, but this is my first time working with this concept.My company has inherited three computers (standard PCs, running Windows XP Pro, connected to W2K3 Domain).The previous owner has done something really neat, something I may consider doing myself, but for now I have to get rid of it. They have put a custom graphic in the "Welcome" screen.Explanation:When you power up a 'regular' Windows XP PC, you get the 'Welcome to Windows' screen up, asking you to press 'Ctrl-Alt-Del'. I will do my best to represent it here:(imagine this is pretty and colourful):----------------------------------------Welcome to WindowsWindows XP ProfessionalCopyrightPress Ctrl-Alt-Del----------------------------------------Now, on these computers, you get this:----------------------------------------Welcome to Windows(CUSTOM COMPANY GRAPHIC WITH LOGOAND COMPANY NAME)Press Ctrl-Alt-Del----------------------------------------I have seen a lot of answers talking about changing the splash screen, or the Windows welcome screen. None of those apply. I don't think this is a 'wallpaper' issue.Any idea as to how this was done, and ideas on how to change it?I am guessing it is a registry thing, or some custom util.Thanks,TN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfive19 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Hmmm, isn't this in gina.dll? Sorry just throwing ideas out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyGhost Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 HiI believe you are right redfive19. I think Tony should look more at the mygina.dll file.The modifications you want to make is described in the unattended guide under Advanced users --> CosmeticsHere is the link:http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/78/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 msgina.dll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioldman Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) have just been playing and all ok.But, have changed some of the dialog messages, but they don't seem to have taken affect, do i need do more to activate this?? Edited May 17, 2006 by oioldman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dels Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 compile first then save the file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioldman Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 funny that because saving the file never crossed my mind and i wondered why any work i ever did was never seen again.Any body actually able to help, though sarcastic comments are also welcome.looking at the file i notice that there are TWO (2) folders that contain text string details - which ones are the ones that actually appear to be used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janus zeal Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 use resource hacker to edit msgina.dllyou will have to go into safe mode and replace the file in c:\windows\system32\ and c:\windows\system32\dllcache\(and if there is a folder with the windows install files on your hard drive, rename it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP_2600 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 /BOOTLOGOUse this switch to have Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 display an installable splash screen instead of the standard splash screen. First, create a 16-color (any 16 colors) 640x480 bitmap and save it in the Windows directory with the name Boot.bmp. Then add "/bootlogo /noguiboot" to the boot.ini selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idontwantspam Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 @Tony: For now, if all you want to do is get rid of it, I suggest you take a look at the registry under the following location:HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon. In there, look for "ginaDLL". If it's there, delete it. What that does is specifies a custom GINA, which is the file that contains that image that usually says Windows XP, but now says something different. Deleting that will tell Windows to use the normal, regular GINA. Chances are the previous owner made a custom GINA with their image, and if they did it the "right" way, used that registry tweak, rather than overwriting the original file. If they did overwrite the original file, you've got a bit more of a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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