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Bitmap displayed during boot
In message , Steve Swift
writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: What _was_ Blueblack.bmp - the company logo you didn't like? It seems [] It's an IBM branded bitmap (as in Big Blue). It appeared early in the boot process, and may well have been the default wallpaper, but since I always chose my own desktop bitmap, it doesn't persist long, and doesn't appear at all now. I can't explain my motive for wanting to remove it; it just irritates me for some reason. IBM doesn't actually lock down much at all on the systems that it ships to us, just stuff like antivirus settings, and some firewall stuff. Ah - I thought you had meant it was something your employer had put on, rather than the computer supplier. It's a pleasant environment for the technically competent. And fiddlers like me. There's nearly always a way around the restrictions anyway, if you try hard enough. I even like the fact that we are still mostly on XP. At my age, I like things that don't change. I got my new PC on Likewise, at my employer. January 6th, to replace my previous 5-year old one, and was instantly right at home, with all the skills/tricks that I've learned still working (not to mention software that I'd purchased). I can now look forward to another 5 years honing those skills. It will be interesting to see what happens when XP goes out of support. We purchased an Indeed! extension to Win95 support the last time we were in this situation. Sounds expensive. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** "Anything else you'd like me to do while I'm at it? Paint the sky green? Bury the odd elephant I find lying around ..." - Tidy, the Android - Earthsearch II, part 2. (1982-5-2) |
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Bitmap displayed during boot
Tim Meddick wrote:
The picture displayed is merely the one specified by the registry value for the default wallpaper : [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="C:\WINDOWS\blueback.bmp" Simply locate this value in the registry using [regedit.exe] and change it to what you want. The original value in XP for this is the word "none" which makes Windows display just the light-blue background to the welcome screen with no writing. ( I don't use 'Welcome Screen' ("LogonType"=dword:00000000) ) When i don't specify a wallpaper picture as background at the logon window, i sometimes get tired of having the background light-blue and after backing up the key, i change the value of: [HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon] "Background"="64 32 128" ; (Purple background) ; "Background"="37 133 39" (Green background) -- Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion. Please followup in the newsgroup. E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control. |
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Bitmap displayed during boot
Very interesting.
However, I would again stress that in order for your alternative background colour to be displayed, the value for "Wallpaper" must be set to either "" or "none" . i.e. : [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="none" == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Etal" wrote in message ... Tim Meddick wrote: The picture displayed is merely the one specified by the registry value for the default wallpaper : [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="C:\WINDOWS\blueback.bmp" Simply locate this value in the registry using [regedit.exe] and change it to what you want. The original value in XP for this is the word "none" which makes Windows display just the light-blue background to the welcome screen with no writing. ( I don't use 'Welcome Screen' ("LogonType"=dword:00000000) ) When i don't specify a wallpaper picture as background at the logon window, i sometimes get tired of having the background light-blue and after backing up the key, i change the value of: [HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon] "Background"="64 32 128" ; (Purple background) ; "Background"="37 133 39" (Green background) -- Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion. Please followup in the newsgroup. E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control. |
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Bitmap displayed during boot
Tim Meddick wrote:
Very interesting. However, I would again stress that in order for your alternative background colour to be displayed, the value for "Wallpaper" must be set to either "" or "none" . i.e. : [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="none" Yes, where i specify a wallpaper for the login-desktop i have it fill the whole desktop, so whatever color i may have the background set to is hard to see. :-) When composing my previous followup, i suddenly realized the light-blue background you talked about that one sees when using a Welcome Screen was different from what i see, but i posted it anyway just in case someone logging in like me sees it and want to experiment. "Etal" wrote: Tim Meddick wrote: The picture displayed is merely the one specified by the registry value for the default wallpaper : [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="C:\WINDOWS\blueback.bmp" Simply locate this value in the registry using [regedit.exe] and change it to what you want. The original value in XP for this is the word "none" which makes Windows display just the light-blue background to the welcome screen with no writing. ( I don't use 'Welcome Screen' ("LogonType"=dword:00000000) ) When i don't specify a wallpaper picture as background at the logon window, i sometimes get tired of having the background light-blue and after backing up the key, i change the value of: [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon] "Background"="64 32 128" ; (Purple background) ; "Background"="37 133 39" (Green background) -- Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion. Please followup in the newsgroup. E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control. |
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Bitmap displayed during boot
In message , Etal
writes: Tim Meddick wrote: Very interesting. However, I would again stress that in order for your alternative background colour to be displayed, the value for "Wallpaper" must be set to either "" or "none" . i.e. : [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="none" On mine, that value shows as (None) - is that the same? (More further down) Yes, where i specify a wallpaper for the login-desktop i have it fill the whole desktop, so whatever color i may have the background set to is hard to see. :-) When composing my previous followup, i suddenly realized the light-blue background you talked about that one sees when using a Welcome Screen was different from what i see, but i posted it anyway just in case someone logging in like me sees it and want to experiment. "Etal" wrote: Tim Meddick wrote: The picture displayed is merely the one specified by the registry value for the default wallpaper : [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="C:\WINDOWS\blueback.bmp" I don't seem to have any file with blueb in the name (other than BLUEBARH.GI_ and BLUEBARV.GI_) on my C: drive - should I have? Simply locate this value in the registry using [regedit.exe] and change it to what you want. The original value in XP for this is the word "none" which makes Windows display just the light-blue background to the welcome screen with no writing. ( I don't use 'Welcome Screen' ("LogonType"=dword:00000000) ) I don't seem to have that value at all under [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] - should I, or are we now talking somewhere else? When i don't specify a wallpaper picture as background at the logon window, i sometimes get tired of having the background light-blue and after backing up the key, i change the value of: [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon] "Background"="64 32 128" ; (Purple background) ; "Background"="37 133 39" (Green background) Hmm. It was 0 0 0 on here, which I presume is black. I don't remember ever changing that though (of course, Samsung may have not gone for the light-blue you mention). -- J. P. Gilliver. 27 years experience in the electronics industry - seeking employment (also computer, tester, trainer ...); email for details: CV at http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/CV2010-4.pdf ! There are two kinds of fool. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." -John Brunner, science fiction writer (1934-1995) |
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