Logon Screen image

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
~~~~~~~~~~~~

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.

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

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
~~~~~~~~~~~~

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)

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

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)

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.

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)

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.

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)

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.

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
~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

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.