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[acricket]

wow i been looking for this for a very long time.. its very good buddy.. thanks

[iGuest]

if you press ctrl-alt-delete it will bring up the task manager, and from there you can log out.  not really kid friendly though :(

-reply by frantik

[ragav.bpl]

Great post dude

i really wanted to change that boring desktop and start menu it helped me alot and will help others tooo...

BUt be carefull don't try until u knw what you are doing ..

[y4nzi]

Great tutorial! Litestep is awesome, it's the most configurable (much more so than Style XP and Windows blinds and some of the others that sort of just use the default windows taskbars and make them slightly prettier).
I used litestep a while ago and was looking to get it setup on my new computer.
Thanks for the tips up

[triplebtalk]

I wish I could find a shell for Vista... I can't seem to find one anywhere on the net:(. Does anyone know of any sites with shells for vista? Will these ones work?

[iGuest]

Winlogon : AutologinHow To Change The Windows Xp Shell.

Hi All,

I want to bypass the login ui screen in windows xp using my service. I do not want to replace the Gina. Is there any other way by which I can unlock or login to windows (autologin) by passing in the credentials through my dervice. I searched google a lot but the only option that I found out was of Gina. 

There are winlogon notification packages but they only generate event. How to pass the credentials to that login ui box and login into windows?

I saw Logmein (a remote controlling software) using auto logon feature

Please help

-question by Nipun

[iGuest]

AutologinHow To Change The Windows Xp Shell.

iGuest: You can configure XP to autologon in the Registry. 

• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon
• Set the value of DefaultUserName to the user name you want to use
• Set DefaultPassword to the password
• Set ForceAutoLogon to 1

If any of the values don't exist, create them as Reg_SZ or String Values

If you to a google seaarch for "xp autologon" the very first entry will give you a link to these instructions: http://support.Microsoft.Com/kb/315231

Note that your logon password will be in plain text in the registry where anyone can see it (even remote users on the network). This is a really bad idea if the password is for an administrative account.

-reply by Korin

[iGuest]

Windows 7How To Change The Windows Xp Shell.

Hello, I have Windows 7 and I want to change the welcome screen login picture. I have put the OEMbackground REG_DWORD Value:1 Base:Hexidecimal and have placed a .Jpg image in C:Windows/System32/oobe/info/backgrounds; but have not had any success. I have also tried a .Bmp image and .Png image(different and same pictures on all 3). Also there is a  "(Default) REG_SZ, value not set". I have also tried the automatic program made and have had no luck. Please help!

-reply by Fletch