Windows XP Login Box Customization [closed]

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A slightly weird question, and not one relating to programming, but a rather GUI based question.

I would like to change the Windows XP Ribbon Image, that appears at the Classic Logon Screen for Windows XP. See the attatched images for more info.

This is completely possible, I have seen it done before, it will be somewhere In the registry.

Thanks, Dan

Answer 1

First, the bitmaps are actually contained within a dll, but the part you are concerned with is not one bitmap image. The whole box is composed of a bitmap image on top, a little bitmap to the left, and text strings all contained in this dll.

c:\windows\system32\msgina.dll I followed this document, and downloaded "Resource Hacker" (linked on the page) to edit the dll.

http://www.infocellar.com/winxp/customize-logon-screen.htm

To anyone trying this: BACKUP MSGINA.DLL BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING.

The exact bitmap depends on the version, and frankly, I am not which one it is. Note that the bitmap only covers the top half of the login box. The rest is still contained within the msgina.dll, and can also edited using Resource Hacker. If you are using XP Pro, the image you probably want is in Bitmap>101 or 107.

You can use use Resource Hacker to copy out the bitmap, and to bring it back in.

The string text is contained in String Table>114.