Logon Screen image

[Maurice Helwig]

I have been playing with Win 10 on a separate computer for a while

2 things I would like to know --

1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.

2)Where is the logon image found on Windows 7 pro 64 bit as I would like
to put various images there. Manually is the preferred method once again.

I currently use win 7 pro 74bit and do not plan to move to anything else
until it is well and truely proven to be better than what I have.

TIA
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Maurice Helwig
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[Nil[_5_]]

On 17 Feb 2015, Maurice Helwig >
wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-10:

> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I
> rather like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the
> preferred method.

I believe it's compiled into the kernel. It's not an independent image
that can be easily altered.

[Yeff]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:

> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.

See if this helps:
<https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>

--

-Jeff B.


"Excuse me.
I don't mean to impose,
but I am the Ocean."

~ The Salton Sea

[Maurice Helwig]

On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>
>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>
> See if this helps:
> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>

Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
to win 10 as yet

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Maurice Helwig
~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Gene E. Bloch[_2_]]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:

> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>
>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>
>> See if this helps:
>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>
>
> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
> to win 10 as yet

OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.

I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

[Big_Al[_4_]]

Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>
>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>
>>> See if this helps:
>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>> to win 10 as yet
>
> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>
> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>
Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
They're even searchable. TONS

[Gene E. Bloch[_2_]]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:

> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>
>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>
>>>> See if this helps:
>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>> to win 10 as yet
>>
>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>
>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>
> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
> They're even searchable. TONS

Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

[Char Jackson]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>
>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>
>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>
>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>
>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>
>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>> They're even searchable. TONS
>
>Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...

You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
malware and restore a clean copy.

[Gene E. Bloch[_2_]]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>
>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>
>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>
>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>
>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>
>>Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>
> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
> malware and restore a clean copy.

It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
the nominal subject of this thread.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

[Big_Al[_4_]]

Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>
>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>
>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>
>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>
>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>
>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>
> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
> the nominal subject of this thread.
>
Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
fell off track and back to wallpaper.

Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.

[Gene E. Bloch[_2_]]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:45:45 -0500, Big_Al wrote:

> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>>
>>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>>
>>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
>>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
>>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
>>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
>>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>>
>> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
>> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
>> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
>> the nominal subject of this thread.
>>
> Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
> fell off track and back to wallpaper.
>
> Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.

There you are, thinking again :-)

I wasn't 100% sure what the OP meant, maybe only about 75%. I was hoping
with the question coming up he'd clarify it for us...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

[Big_Al[_4_]]

Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 8:49 PM:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:45:45 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>
>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>>>
>>>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>>>
>>>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
>>>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
>>>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
>>>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
>>>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>>>
>>> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
>>> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
>>> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
>>> the nominal subject of this thread.
>>>
>> Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
>> fell off track and back to wallpaper.
>>
>> Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.
>
> There you are, thinking again :-)
>
> I wasn't 100% sure what the OP meant, maybe only about 75%. I was hoping
> with the question coming up he'd clarify it for us...
>
I did bookmark that link so the next time I get win10 up I want to see what is in that appdata location. Just curious
for sure.

[Maurice Helwig]

On 19/02/2015 11:49 AM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:45:45 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>
>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>>>
>>>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>>>
>>>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
>>>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
>>>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
>>>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
>>>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>>>
>>> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
>>> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
>>> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
>>> the nominal subject of this thread.
>>>
>> Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
>> fell off track and back to wallpaper.
>>
>> Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.
>
> There you are, thinking again :-)
>
> I wasn't 100% sure what the OP meant, maybe only about 75%. I was hoping
> with the question coming up he'd clarify it for us...
>
I was referring to the first image that appears on win 10 bootup.
Click on the image and you get a blue logon screen asking you for a
password. The image covered the whole screen so I suppose you could call
it wallpaper. I liked the image and was able to locate it with the help
of the above link and am now using it as desktop wallpaper on my Win 7
64 bit computer.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Maurice Helwig
~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Paul]

Maurice Helwig wrote:
> On 19/02/2015 11:49 AM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:45:45 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>
>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
>>>>> >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it
>>>>>>>>>>> (I rather
>>>>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the
>>>>>>>>>>> preferred method.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the
>>>>>>>>> one I
>>>>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me
>>>>>>>>> to move
>>>>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>>>>
>>>>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal
>>>>> with a
>>>>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but
>>>>> I don't
>>>>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files
>>>>> still
>>>>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect
>>>>> it as
>>>>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>>>>
>>>> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
>>>> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
>>>> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
>>>> the nominal subject of this thread.
>>>>
>>> Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not
>>> wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
>>> fell off track and back to wallpaper.
>>>
>>> Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK
>>> screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.
>>
>> There you are, thinking again :-)
>>
>> I wasn't 100% sure what the OP meant, maybe only about 75%. I was hoping
>> with the question coming up he'd clarify it for us...
>>
> I was referring to the first image that appears on win 10 bootup.
> Click on the image and you get a blue logon screen asking you for a
> password. The image covered the whole screen so I suppose you could call
> it wallpaper. I liked the image and was able to locate it with the help
> of the above link and am now using it as desktop wallpaper on my Win 7
> 64 bit computer.
>

C:\Windows\Web\Screen

img100.jpg
img101.png
...

There are 8500 PNG files on C:
871 JPG files on C:

A lot of garbage. And a few nice photos.

I used Agent Ransack to find them. But the built-in
search can probably find most of them.

HTH,
Paul

[Big_Al[_4_]]

Maurice Helwig wrote on 2/19/2015 1:22 AM:
> On 19/02/2015 11:49 AM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:45:45 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>
>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>>>>
>>>>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
>>>>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
>>>>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
>>>>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
>>>>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>>>>
>>>> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
>>>> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
>>>> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
>>>> the nominal subject of this thread.
>>>>
>>> Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
>>> fell off track and back to wallpaper.
>>>
>>> Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.
>>
>> There you are, thinking again :-)
>>
>> I wasn't 100% sure what the OP meant, maybe only about 75%. I was hoping
>> with the question coming up he'd clarify it for us...
>>
> I was referring to the first image that appears on win 10 bootup.
> Click on the image and you get a blue logon screen asking you for a
> password. The image covered the whole screen so I suppose you could call
> it wallpaper. I liked the image and was able to locate it with the help
> of the above link and am now using it as desktop wallpaper on my Win 7
> 64 bit computer.
>
You don't mean the lock screen then do you. To rephrase: After boot finishes you see a picture. Then you
click/swipe/hit or something and it uncovers the login screen waiting for you? That first picture is the lock screen.

[Maurice Helwig]

On 19/02/2015 5:04 PM, Big_Al wrote:
> Maurice Helwig wrote on 2/19/2015 1:22 AM:
>> On 19/02/2015 11:49 AM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:45:45 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>>>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>>>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
>>>>>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
>>>>>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
>>>>>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
>>>>>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
>>>>> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
>>>>> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
>>>>> the nominal subject of this thread.
>>>>>
>>>> Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
>>>> fell off track and back to wallpaper.
>>>>
>>>> Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.
>>>
>>> There you are, thinking again :-)
>>>
>>> I wasn't 100% sure what the OP meant, maybe only about 75%. I was hoping
>>> with the question coming up he'd clarify it for us...
>>>
>> I was referring to the first image that appears on win 10 bootup.
>> Click on the image and you get a blue logon screen asking you for a
>> password. The image covered the whole screen so I suppose you could call
>> it wallpaper. I liked the image and was able to locate it with the help
>> of the above link and am now using it as desktop wallpaper on my Win 7
>> 64 bit computer.
>>
> You don't mean the lock screen then do you. To rephrase: After boot finishes you see a picture. Then you
> click/swipe/hit or something and it uncovers the login screen waiting for you? That first picture is the lock screen.
>
Yes that first picture is the one I mean. I was unaware that It was
called the Lock Screen.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~
Maurice Helwig
~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Big_Al[_4_]]

Maurice Helwig wrote on 2/19/2015 3:51 AM:
> On 19/02/2015 5:04 PM, Big_Al wrote:
>> Maurice Helwig wrote on 2/19/2015 1:22 AM:
>>> On 19/02/2015 11:49 AM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:45:45 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>>>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>>>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>>>>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>>>>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
>>>>>>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
>>>>>>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
>>>>>>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
>>>>>>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
>>>>>> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
>>>>>> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
>>>>>> the nominal subject of this thread.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
>>>>> fell off track and back to wallpaper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.
>>>>
>>>> There you are, thinking again :-)
>>>>
>>>> I wasn't 100% sure what the OP meant, maybe only about 75%. I was hoping
>>>> with the question coming up he'd clarify it for us...
>>>>
>>> I was referring to the first image that appears on win 10 bootup.
>>> Click on the image and you get a blue logon screen asking you for a
>>> password. The image covered the whole screen so I suppose you could call
>>> it wallpaper. I liked the image and was able to locate it with the help
>>> of the above link and am now using it as desktop wallpaper on my Win 7
>>> 64 bit computer.
>>>
>> You don't mean the lock screen then do you. To rephrase: After boot finishes you see a picture. Then you
>> click/swipe/hit or something and it uncovers the login screen waiting for you? That first picture is the lock screen.
>>
> Yes that first picture is the one I mean. I was unaware that It was
> called the Lock Screen.
>
Yep, there's a place in settings (at least the metro settings) to change that lock screen pick. I doctored something in
Photoshop to personalize it a bit for myself.

[Gene E. Bloch[_2_]]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:22:40 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:

> On 19/02/2015 11:49 AM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:45:45 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>
>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 7:15 PM:
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:57 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:49 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:03:40 -0500, Big_Al wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote on 2/18/2015 4:18 PM:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:06:26 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2015 2:52 PM, Yeff wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:45:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1) where is the logon image located so that I can recover it (I rather
>>>>>>>>>>> like it) and replace it with another. Manually is the preferred method.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> See if this helps:
>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/1198/windows-10-technical-preview-2-tip-find-hidden-lock-screen-images>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the link. I was able to get 8 images including the one I
>>>>>>>>> wanted. What a messy way to do things. It does not encourage me to move
>>>>>>>>> to win 10 as yet
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTOH, it's not the major reason for having an OS, in my opinion.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I recall changing - or trying to change - the welcome screen or some
>>>>>>>> such in an earlier version of Windows. It was also quite draconian.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Desktop Nexus, or Desktop Wallpapers 4 Me?
>>>>>>> They're even searchable. TONS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are these login screens or desktop wallpaper? Not the same animal...
>>>>>
>>>>> You might be thinking of hacking kernel32.exe or some such animal with a
>>>>> resource editor. I did that for a bit back in the 98/98SE days but I don't
>>>>> remember exactly why. These days, I'd be surprised if system files still
>>>>> allowed themselves to be hacked like that. Seems like they'd detect it as
>>>>> malware and restore a clean copy.
>>>>
>>>> It was way too long ago for me to tell you what I did, but anyway I was
>>>> trying to find out what Big_Al was referring to, which seemed to me not
>>>> to be the same as what I expect the OP to mean by "Logon Screen image",
>>>> the nominal subject of this thread.
>>>>
>>> Doing too many items at once. My mind was into images (not wallpaper, but in general) and then with a quick reading I
>>> fell off track and back to wallpaper.
>>>
>>> Both of you are right, not the same animal. I think I had LOCK screen in mind too at the time. A 3rd item.
>>
>> There you are, thinking again :-)
>>
>> I wasn't 100% sure what the OP meant, maybe only about 75%. I was hoping
>> with the question coming up he'd clarify it for us...
>>
> I was referring to the first image that appears on win 10 bootup.
> Click on the image and you get a blue logon screen asking you for a
> password. The image covered the whole screen so I suppose you could call
> it wallpaper. I liked the image and was able to locate it with the help
> of the above link and am now using it as desktop wallpaper on my Win 7
> 64 bit computer.

Thanks. That's what I thought, but I'm glad you resolved the little bit
of ambiguity :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

[Dave-UK]

"Maurice Helwig" > wrote in message ...

> Yes that first picture is the one I mean. I was unaware that It was
> called the Lock Screen.


There are some Win10 images extracted here:

http://vishal-gupta.deviantart.com/art/Windows-10-Wallpapers-and-Lock-Screen-Backgrounds-511751462

Download button (green arrow) over on the right side of the screen.

[Maurice Helwig]

On 22/02/2015 2:38 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
>
> "Maurice Helwig" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Yes that first picture is the one I mean. I was unaware that It was
>> called the Lock Screen.
>
>
> There are some Win10 images extracted here:
>
> http://vishal-gupta.deviantart.com/art/Windows-10-Wallpapers-and-Lock-Screen-Backgrounds-511751462
>
>
> Download button (green arrow) over on the right side of the screen.
>
>
Thanks

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Maurice Helwig
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